Barcelona have prolonged their unbeaten begin to 2025, however their nine-match successful run in La Liga is over as they’ve drawn 1-1 in opposition to Actual Betis on the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.
This season, Barcelona have had a knack of scoring early targets, they usually obtained one other on this match as they struck the opener inside seven minutes. It was a pleasant second for Gavi as he discovered the again of the online in opposition to his former membership after being performed in by Ferran Torres, and in doing so, he scored his first La Liga purpose of the season.
Nonetheless, Barcelona had been solely capable of keep in entrance for 10 minutes, as Betis discovered a comparatively fast equaliser. It was a nook from Giovani Lo Celso that was met by Natan, and the Brazilian defender bulleted a header into the again of the online, leaving Wojciech Szczesny with no likelihood of creating a save.
Barcelona got here near scoring a second when Pedri was denied by Adrian San Miguel, who had a really busy night within the Betis purpose. He and his defence had been capable of see out the rest of the primary half, and though the hosts began to pile on the stress within the second interval, they had been capable of maintain on then too as Hansi Flick withdrew the likes of Pedri and Alejandro Balde with Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg in opposition to Borussia Dortmund in thoughts.
The consequence signifies that Barcelona at the moment are 4 factors away from Actual Madrid, who misplaced to Valencia earlier within the day. A degree for Betis sees them transfer forward of Villarreal into fifth within the standings, albeit the Yellow Submarine – who tackle Athletic Membership at La Ceramica on Sunday – have performed two matches much less.