Barcelona prolonged their lead on the high of LaLiga to 4 factors regardless of solely drawing 1-1 with Actual Betis.
The Blaugrana had been trying to go six away from Actual Madrid after their loss earlier within the day, however couldn’t take full benefit of the state of affairs at hand.
It took simply seven minutes for Barcelona to interrupt the impasse although. Lamine Yamal minimize inside from the suitable and fed Ferran Torres, who delivered a superbly weighted first-time go to Gavi.
The midfielder, marking his one hundredth LaLiga look, ghosted into the field and slotted the ball previous Adrian to provide the hosts the lead.
Nevertheless, Betis hit again nearly instantly. Simply ten minutes later, after Antony received a nook, Giovani Lo Celso delivered a cross to the towering Natan, who powered a header past Wojciech Szczesny to stage the rating.
Barcelona pushed to reclaim the lead with possibilities coming thick and quick. Pedri noticed a strong shot tipped over by Adrian, whereas each Torres and Yamal got here shut however did not convert from promising positions.
The second half opened in a equally high-octane trend. Antony drove a shot huge for Betis simply after the restart, and shortly after, Kounde was denied by an outstanding Adrian save after being slipped by by Pedri.
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Hansi Flick rang the modifications because the hosts continued their seek for a winner, introducing Raphinha, Eric Garcia, and Fermin Lopez in a bid to interrupt the impasse.
The Brazilian winger nearly made an immediate affect with a fierce free-kick that Adrian did nicely to carry, earlier than heading narrowly huge on the far put up moments later.
Betis, in the meantime, weren’t content material to sit down again and made a number of attacking substitutions of their very own, with Chimy Avila and Cedric Bakambu becoming a member of the fray.
Natan, already on the scoresheet, got here near a spectacular second with a long-range drive that compelled Szczesny into a pointy save.
As the sport entered the ultimate 10 minutes, the depth ramped up additional. Barca had a number of late alternatives, together with a chaotic sequence by which Yamal’s shot was blocked and Lewandowski’s overhead kick was headed clear.
Jules Kounde noticed yellow for dragging down Rodriguez as tempers flared within the dying minutes.
In a weird second close to full-time, Llorente collided with each Gavi and the referee, halting a Barcelona counter and typifying the frenetic nature of the competition.
