La Liga 08/09: Round-Up - 25/10/08

Saturday, 25 October 08, 07:13 PM · Comments(0)

Barcelona have surged top of La Liga after destroying Almeria while Real Betis beat struggling Osasuna.

Josep Guardiola's side have been improving every week this season and unfortunately for Almeria they were the unlucky visitors to Camp Nou this time around.

Just 24 minutes had been played before Samuel Eto'o had a hat-trick and Thierry Henry had found the back of the net as Barca surged into a 4-0 lead.

Almeria's difficult task become impossible on the half hour mark when Alvaro Negredo was shown a straight red card for a late challenge on Rafael Marquez.

Dani Alves' sweetly-struck free-kick, his first for the club, put Barca in cruise control on 36 minutes.

Despite Barca's man advantage they surprisingly failed to pad their lead and go one better on their recent 6-0 demolition job on Atletico Madrid.

Real Betis have moved away from the drop zone following a 2-0 win at struggling Osasuna.

Following a goalless first half the deadlock was finally broken on 51 minutes when Mehmet Aurelio curled a delightful long-range free-kick into the bottom corner of the net.

Any hopes Osasuna harboured of stealing a late point disappeared when Mariano Pavone added a close-range second with just four minutes remaining.

La Liga 08/09: Round-Up - 25/10/08

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