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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23877188" data-attributes="member: 158020">Barcelona 3 Real Betis 4: LaLiga  leaders stunned by Setien's side  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/11/17/6051476-6377331-Canales_struck_the_crushing_blow_as_the_former_Real_Madrid_score-a-53_1541958539442.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     The returning Lionel Messi scored twice but was unable to prevent LaLiga  leaders Barcelona slipping to a chaotic 4-3 defeat to Real Betis at Camp  Nou.Messi – making his first appearance since fracturing his arm against Sevilla  on October 20 – could only watch on as Barca's defence was ripped apart by  Betis, who ended a run of eight straight defeats away to the Catalan side.    Ernesto Valverde's men started sluggishly and were punished after 20 minutes  when Junior scored his second league goal of the season before veteran winger  Joaquin doubled their advantage 11 minutes before the interval.   Messi pulled one back from the penalty spot after 68 minutes before  Marc-Andre ter Stegen spilled Giovani Lo Celso's shot into his own net three  minutes later.   Arturo Vidal gave Barca hope of a grandstand finish 11 minutes from time  but Sergio Canales slid home a Betis fourth with seven minutes remaining,  shortly after Ivan Rakitic was sent-off, and not even a second from Messi in  stoppage time could save the hosts.    Betis started with a swagger – Joaquin blazing over after six minutes – and  were rewarded in the 20th minute when Junior collected William Carvalho's pass  on the left, cut inside Sergi Roberto and fired a crisp drive inside Ter  Stegen's right-hand post.Pau Lopez superbly tipped over Clement Lenglet's  stretching volley five minutes later before an incisive counter attack doubled  Betis' advantage in the 34th minute.   Junior's low cross was met at the back post by Cristian Tello, who picked out  Joaquin to slide past Ter Stegen from 10 yards for his second league goal of the  campaign.Moments after firing agonisingly wide of Ter Stegen's post, Tello  pulled Jordi Alba's shirt in the area and Messi slammed home the resulting  spot-kick.   Ter Stegen then allowed Lo Celso's drive to slip through his grasp after 71  minutes for Betis' third before substitute Vidal finished from close range after  being teed up by Munir El Haddadi.   Rakitic received a second yellow card for a foul on Lo Celso before Canales  appeared to put the result beyond doubt, sliding home Junior's cross seven  minutes from time, but Messi ensured there was late drama, tucking home Vidal's  pass deep into stoppage time. The goal was eventually given after a VAR review  for offside, but it was too little, too late for Valverde's shell-shocked  side.</blockquote>

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