Five star Barcelona crush Real Betis 5 - 0 in entertaining La Liga clash
- Barcelona defeat Real Betis 5-0 in an entertaining La Liga matchday 20 clash at the Estadio Benito Villamarin
- Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez got a brace respectively and Ivan Rakitic also joined the scorers
- The win ensured Barcelona maintained their eleven points gap at the top of the table
Barcelona utterly destroyed Real Betis with a smashing 5-0 victory at the Estadio Benito Villamarin (Real Betis home stadium.)
The Camp Nou giants before this clash camp off their first defeat of the season in their Copa del ray clash away to city rivals Espanyol - and yes! did they come like wounded lions.
Five star Barcelona crush Real Betis 5 - 0 in entertaining La Liga clash (photo: Barcelona Twitter)
At the commencement of the Real Betis clash the visitors as expected commanded the possession but were unable to break the resolute defense of Real Betis despite both Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez coming close in various occasions.
And at the end of the first 45 minute the scoreline was goalless.
The deadline was finally broken in the 59th minute as Ivan Rakitic received a killer pass from Luis Suarez and scored a great goal after finding the back of the net with a simple finish.
Barca doubled the lead in the 64th minute as Sergio Busquets slipped a clever pass through to Lionel Messi, who moved inside the box and sent a measured shot beyond the keeper and into the right side of the goal.
The Catalans were out got their third for the night just five minutes later as Luis Suarez showed good composure inside the box to fire a first-time shot inside the right post.
Lionel Messi got a brace in the clash in the 80th minute as he made a great solo run and pulled the trigger from inside the box, beating Antonio Adan with a strike into the bottom left corner to make the scoreline 4-0 in favour of Barcelona.
It was Luis Suarez that put the final icing to the cake in the 89th minute as he latched on to a precise pass inside the box and sent in a superb strike that found its way into the top left corner.
In other La Liga matchday 20 clash a rejuvenated Real Madrid side thrash Deportivo la corona 7-1, Atletico Madrid played out a 1-1 draw with Girona and Valencia were defeated 2-1 by Las Palmas.
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