Barcelona Finish Flawless Home League Campaign With Victory Over Real Betis

Their secondary goal to become the first side in a twenty team LaLiga to reach this mark began assertively.

Two shots on target and a twisting run from João Cancelo in the first quarter hour left the opponents chasing shadows yet the visitors found the net on twenty three minutes though joy was halted as Abde Ezzalzouli was flagged offside earlier.

Soon after Raphinha fired a precise free kick into the lower corner of the Betis goal leaving keeper Álvaro Valles stranded.

A diving stop from Joan García denied another Abde shot which was Betis first proper effort on target and Barça kept pressing into the interval.

As the hour approached there was minimal goal action after the restart. Notably the substitute after the break Isco played a big part in Betis forward moves as Manuel Pellegrini sought alterations for the away side.

The tempo slowed and Barça started to appear untidy.

Barcelona however are famed for capitalising on errors and Héctor Bellerín sent a poor back pass that Raphinha seized before his low finish gave the hosts a bigger lead.

A disputed penalty for the visitors inside the final twenty minutes was converted by Isco for his opening goal of the campaign giving Betis hope.

Antony then curled a fine effort close to equalising before Cancelo claimed the goal his display merited with a fine right foot strike from range.

The result gave Barcelona a twelfth LaLiga win against Betis in the last fifteen meetings while it marked Manuel Pellegrini record extending twenty ninth loss as a coach to the Catalans.