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Barcelona on title brink after beating Betis
Barcelona on title brink after beating Betis
FC Barcelona stand one victory away from securing the Liga title after twice fighting back from behind to see off Real Betis Balompié 4-2.
Dorlan Pabón gave Betis the perfect start when he found the net after two minutes, and although Alexis Sánchez restored parity soon afterwards, the visitors went ahead a second time through Rubén Pérez just before the break. David Villa mustered an equaliser on 56 minutes, and that was also the signal for Lionel Messi to come off the bench, the Argentinian forward grabbing a pair of goals to seal the outcome.
The win returned Barcelona 11 points clear of second-placed Real Madrid CF with four games remaining, and Tito Vilanova's charges can clinch the championship at Club Atlético de Madrid next Sunday.
Elsewhere, eighth-placed Sevilla FC celebrated a 3-0 success against RCD Espanyol, and that was also the margin of victory as Real Zaragoza swept aside Rayo Vallecano de Madrid to climb out of the bottom three, Apoño registering twice. The game between RCD Mallorca and Levante UD finished 1-1, finally.
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Results
Spanish Liga 2012/13
| Home | Away | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated: 08/05/2013 18:20 CET | |||||
05/05/2013 | |||||
| Barcelona |  | 4-2 |  | Betis | |
Alexis Sánchez 9, Villa 56, Messi 60, 71 | Pabón 2, Rubén Pérez 43 | ||||
| Venue: Barcelona | |||||
05/05/2013 | |||||
| Sevilla |  | 3-0 |  | Espanyol | |
Capdevila 11 (o.g.), Andújar Moreno 19, Negredo 23 | |||||
| Venue: Sevilla | |||||
05/05/2013 | |||||
| Zaragoza |  | 3-0 |  | Rayo Vallecano | |
| Venue: Zaragoza | |||||
05/05/2013 | |||||
| Mallorca |  | 1-1 |  | Levante | |
Hemed 7 | Acquafresca 42 | ||||
| Venue: Palma de Mallorca | |||||
04/05/2013 | |||||
| Deportivo |  | 0-0 |  | Atlético | |
| Venue: La Coruna | |||||
04/05/2013 | |||||
| Real Madrid |  | 4-3 |  | Valladolid | |
Óscar González 8, Guerra 35, Sastre 87 | |||||
| Venue: Madrid | |||||
04/05/2013 | |||||
| Granada |  | 1-0 |  | Málaga | |
Ighalo 28 | |||||
| Venue: Granada | |||||
04/05/2013 | |||||
| Valencia |  | 4-0 |  | Osasuna | |
Soldado 39, Ricardo Costa 44, Éver Banega 60, Jonas 90+4 (P) | |||||
| Venue: Valencia | |||||
03/05/2013 | |||||
| Celta |  | 1-1 |  | Athletic | |
Aspas 84 | De Marcos 43 | ||||
| Venue: Pontevedra | |||||
Standings
Spanish Liga 2012/13
| Clubs | P | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | FC Barcelona | 34 | 88 | |
| 2 | | Real Madrid CF | 34 | 77 | |
| 3 | | Club Atlético de Madrid | 34 | 69 | |
| 4 | | Real Sociedad de Fútbol | 33 | 58 | |
| 5 |  | Valencia CF | 34 | 56 | |
| 6 |  | Málaga CF | 34 | 53 | |
| 7 | | Real Betis Balompié | 34 | 49 | |
| 8 | | Sevilla FC | 34 | 46 | |
| 9 | | Rayo Vallecano de Madrid | 34 | 46 | |
| 10 | | Getafe CF | 33 | 44 | |
| 11 | | RCD Espanyol | 34 | 43 | |
| 12 | | Levante UD | 34 | 41 | |
| 13 | | Real Valladolid CF | 34 | 40 | |
| 14 | | Athletic Club | 34 | 38 | |
| 15 | | Granada CF | 34 | 35 | |
| 16 | | Real Zaragoza | 34 | 33 | |
| 17 | | CA Osasuna | 34 | 33 | |
| 18 | | RC Deportivo La Coruña | 34 | 32 | |
| 19 | | RC Celta de Vigo | 34 | 31 | |
| 20 | | RCD Mallorca | 34 | 29 |
Related information
- Alexis Sánchez
- Barcelona - Spain
- David Villa
- Atlético - Spain
- Lionel Messi
- Barcelona - Spain
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