Barcelona 3 Real Betis 4: Lionel Messi scores on comeback but is unable to stop side slumping to shock defeat
Argentine ace returned ahead of schedule from broken arm but his presence failed to stop onslaught from minnow opponents at Nou Camp
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LIONEL MESSI scored on his return from injury but was unable to stop Barcelona from falling to a shock defeat against Real Betis.
The minnows silenced the Nou Camp as they fired four goals past the La Liga champions to win 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Things didn't start well for Barca as they went behind in the 20th minute to a Juan Firpo goal.
Betis then doubled their lead 15 minutes later through Sanchez Rodriguez.
But Messi pulled one back for the hosts with a penalty in the 68th minute as Barca turned up the pressure.
However, the Argentine ace was left pulling his hair out when Giovani Lo Celso restored Betis' two-goal lead just moments later.
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Ex-Bayern Munich star Arturo Vidal came off the bench to make it 3-2 with ten minutes remaining.
But like Messi before, he saw his strike cancelled out soon after when former Real Madrid man Sergio Canales fired one past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Ivan Rakitic saw red after collecting a second yellow card as time ticked down.
And Barca gave themselves the cruellest of endings when Messi netted a second in the 92nd minute, leaving themselves no time to grab an equaliser.
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