Barcelona narrowly beat Betis Sevilla 2-1 in La Liga matchday 17 to move eight points clear of Real Madrid.

Betis Sevilla – Barcelona 1-2, La Liga

Without Ousmane Dembele, who was out for a month after suffering an injury against Girona, Xavi’s side dominated the first half and scored through an offside on Rafinha.

After the break, the same Rafinha opened the scoring in the 65th minute, recovering Balde’s cross from behind the goal line.

In the 80th minute, after a corner kick, Aruho heads the ball to Lewandowski, and the Polish forward scores from the center of the penalty area – 2:0.

Five minutes later, “Barcelona” scored again, but Kunde caught Ter Stegen by surprise with a shot in his goal.

Barcelona have 50 points and are 8 lengths clear of Real Madrid, who have a game in hand.