Griezmann had the chance to double Barcelona's lead on 32 minutes when Ansu Fati was brought down in the box and a penalty was awarded. However, he didn't get the ball far enough away from Bravo who was able to get a hand to it.

The missed penalty was Griezmann's fourth in a row for both club and country.

Real Betis jumped on the opportunity to draw level two minutes into added time at the end of the first half. Cristian Tello drifted a ball into the box which Gerard Pique failed to clear and the ball landed in front of Sanabria who scored from 10 yards out.

Messi replaced Fati at half-time and made an immediate impact, setting up Griezmann for Barcelona's second goal on 49 minutes.

He scored Barcelona's third on 61 minutes when VAR adjudicated that Aissa Mandi had handled the ball in the box. Mandi was shown a red card for his infringement.

Moron pulled a goal back for Real Betis on 73 minutes with a right-footed shot from eight yards out after a pass in from Alex Moreno.

A one-two with Sergi Roberto set Messi up for his second goal on 82 minutes.

He nearly had his hat trick three minutes later but the goal was disallowed for offside.

Pedri was on hand though to add Barcelona's fifth on 90 minutes after another assist from Roberto.