Barça, with controversy and brawl, beats Betis in La Cartuja

Barça remains unstoppable in the League. With their victory in La Cartuja against Betis by 2-5, they have already equaled the best start in the championship, signed by Real Madrid in the 1968-69 season and could surpass the whites if they manage to win in next week's classic on Spotify Camp Nou. [Narrative and statistics, 2-5]

They did so against a rival who, until now, counted their home duels for victories, Hansi Flick's team once again displayed all their scoring potential. Through, in this case, Lamine Yamal who scored again with a shot from the front, Rodri, who debuted his account as a Barça player, Gabriel Jesús, Eric García and Dani Olmo.

On the local side, meanwhile, those who saw the door were Valentín Gómez and an Ez Abde who continues to be sweet. The worst thing for the Blaugrana is Eric's own muscle injury, which could be a real setback for both PSG and the clash against their eternal rival.

The clash between two of the most in-form teams in the League provided a first 45 minutes of extremely high voltage. Barça opened the scoring, with one of those trademark goals from Lamine Yamal, whose left foot shot slipped into the right corner of Álvaro Valles' goal before the first 10 minutes were up and with the Blaugrana with one less while they attended to Gerard Martín.

The locals, however, did not give up. And, before half an hour, they found the 1-1 thanks to Valentín Gómez, perfectly assisted by Fornals. Adeyemi had the 1-2, after a great pass from Lamine, but Valles was attentive to cut off the action. Joan García, immediately afterwards, also made a good save to prevent Bellerín from overtaking his team. And, shortly after, Rodri, with a header after a corner kick from Fermín, put the Blaugrana ahead again.

The first half ended with controversy. Lo Celso, with a tremendous shot from outside the area, scored a great goal that was finally invalidated at the request of the VAR by the hand of Cucho Hernández at the start of a very long play, but in which the visitors never managed to regain control of the ball. The action was widely protested. So much so that it even cost Pellegrini a yellow card.

After the break, and an exchange of blows, it was Barça who scored again. Through, in this case, Gabriel Jesús who, seconds before, saw a goal disallowed for offside. The locals, however, did not take long to respond with the 2-3 score, through Abde, in an action that brought a lot of trouble. With Fermín complaining on the ground, Valles tried to pick him up and Lamine and Facundo Bernal ended up getting involved in a scuffle that cost the green-and-white the red and the azulgrana the yellow.

Betis, with 10

With one more, it didn't take long for the visitors to get back on track. In this case, with a goal from Eric, who took advantage of Cubarsí's bravery to snatch the ball rejected by the barrier from Valles' header from Lamine's free kick to score at will to make it 2-4.