Barcelona managed to quickly Forget the loss to Rayo Vallecano and beat Real Betis 4-0 in their match at Camp Nou.
The visitors played over an hour with a man less after Edgar Gonzalez’s red card.
Barca opened the scoring in the 14 minute when Raphina picked out Andreas Christensen in the box and the Dane slotted the ball into the right corner with a header.
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Ending up with 10 men, Betis tried to limit the damage, but ten minutes before the break Robert Lewandowski doubled Barcelona’s lead.
14’—Christensen
36’—Lewandowski
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Just three minutes later the home side scored its third. Raphina sent the ball into the net, but the goal was initially disallowed for offside. VAR checked the attack and stated there is nothing irregular with the play and the goal stood.
After the break Blaugranes slowed down the tempo, but seven minutes before the end Guido Rodriguez made his team’s night even worse with an own goal for the final 4-0.
With this win Barca is once again leading Real Madrid with 11 points and the title is getting closer and closer while Betis is fifth with 49 points – just one away from top 4 finish.