Torres’s Five-Star Night: Barca Sting Betis 5-3

Match snapshot

Barcelona clinched a stunning 5-3 victory over Real Betis on Saturday night in La Liga, at the Andalusian club La Cartuja in Seville.

Key moments

Ferran Torres shone with a hat-trick, while Lamine Yamal added a goal and Roni Berdgji contributed to the scoring spree. Betis struck first through Antony, but Barca turned the game around in minutes.

In the 11th minute Torres netted the equalizer, and two minutes later he struck again to put Barca ahead. In the 31st and 40th minutes Torres added two more, completing a first-half lead of 4-1. In the 59th minute Yamal converted a penalty to make it 5-1.

Betis mounted a late response with goals from Diego Yurente in the 85th and Kucho Hernandez in the 90th, but Barca held on for the win.

Barca move to 40 points on top of La Liga, Betis stay on 24 in fifth.

Punchline 1: Torres finished so sharp you could file him under surgical strikes.

Punchline 2: Betis tried to comeback, but Barca’s attack was a precision rifle with a soundtrack of passing triangles.