Barcelona secured a last-gasp 4-2 win at Real Betis on Sunday, as stoppage-time targets from substitute Joao Felix and striker Ferran Torres, who accomplished his hat-trick, helped to ease the strain on supervisor Xavi Hernandez in a stuttering season.
Barcelona are third within the LaLiga standings on 44 factors, seven behind leaders Real Madrid and 5 adrift of second-placed Girona, who host Sevilla afterward Sunday.
After being thrashed by their bitter rivals Real Madrid within the Spanish Super Cup closing and struggling in a comeback win over third-division facet Unionistas to advance to the Copa del Rey quarter-finals final week, Barca had been as soon as once more up towards it however managed to rescue a helpful win.
Torres opened the scoring within the twenty first minute tapping in a cross from the precise by Pedri and he prolonged Barca’s lead from a rebound within the forty ninth, after a Lamine Yamal strike got here again off the crossbar.
However, Betis struck again as Isco scored twice in 4 minutes to stage the rating.
With Betis dominating possession, Felix made probably the most of a fast counter-attack to strike a tidy end from the sting of the field previous the goalkeeper within the 91st minute.
Three minutes into added time, Torres scored his third and Barca’s fourth from one other counter to safe a hard-fought win for final 12 months’s champions, handing Betis their first residence lack of the season.
“We were very good with a two-goal lead, but then it got complicated with a mistake by our defence which made us a bit tense,” supervisor Xavi informed Movistar Plus.
“We ought to have received the sport earlier, however we managed to win in a stadium the place no one had received earlier than.
“We didn’t play a great game, because of the two goals we conceded, but it was a great game. Let’s move forward.”
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