FC Barcelona - Real Betis Balonpié   4 - 1 Goals: 0-1. M.37. Karhan transforms an indirect free kick that beats Hesp. 1-1. M.43. Dani knocks home a rebound off goalkeeper Prats off a Rivaldo shot. 2-1. M.45. Dani scores from a great service by Sergi. 3-1. M.49. Guardiola finds Luis Enrique and he beats Prats from a great header. 4-1. M.50. Luis Enrique gives the ball to Dani and he heads the ball for his hat-trick. Referee: A.Asurmendi. Ejected Luis Fernandez (M.48) for his second bookable offence and showed the yellow card to Finidi. Camp Nou. 70.000 spectators. BARCELONA (4): Hesp; Reiziger, F. de Boer, Abelardo, Sergi (Bogarde, m.46); Luis Enrique (Litmanen, m.61), Guardiola, Zenden; Simao, Dani and Rivaldo (Cocú, m.56). BETIS (1): Prats; Otero, Bornes, Filipescu, Luis Fernández; Finidi, Alexis (Cañas, m.67), Karhan, Denilson (Romero, m.67); Alfonso; and Oli. [23SEP99] Barcelona turned in another soccer exhibition on Saturday as a seven-minute hat-trick from Dani Garcia led them to a 4-1 Camp Nou win over Real Betis. The Catalans, fresh from a dazzling 4-2 win over Fiorentina in the Champions League on Wednesday, recovered from a controversial opening goal from Miroslav Karhan on 37 minutes to take the lead before halftime with Dani's first two goals. And after Betis had Luis Fernandez sent off at the start of the second half there was no stopping Barcelona, who were 4-1 up by the 50th minute as Luis Enrique Martinez nodded in a Pep Guardiola free kick and Dani grabbed his third. The result took Barcelona back up to top spot in the Spanish first division, ahead of Rayo Vallecano on goal difference, although Rayo can return to the summit with just a draw at home to Real Zaragoza on Sunday. Earlier, Real Madrid had stumbled to a 1-1 draw at Malaga, an own goal from Francisco Rufete gifting John Toshack's side the lead in first half injury time before Txomin Larrainzar equalised with a header 12 minutes into the second half. Real are still unbeaten but have now drawn their last three league games to lie three points off the title pace. Celta Vigo moved up to fourth with a 2-0 win at Real Sociedad, Russian internationals Alexander Mostovoi and Valery Karpin getting the goals. Struggling Valencia could manage no better than a goalless draw against Valladolid, who played for 65 minutes with 10 men. At the Nou Camp, Karhan's surprise opener came after a controversial decision from the referee, who ruled that a Frank de Boer interception, which rolled through to Ruud Hesp, was a backpass. The ensuing indirect free kick, just inside the area, was touched wide to Karhan and the Slovak international smashed home. Barcelona's response was swift and brutal. With an 80,000 crowd beginning to get restless, Barca equalised on 43 minutes as Dani was on hand to snap up after Rivaldo's speculative shot was spilled by Toni Prats. And Louis van Gaal's side were ahead on the stroke of halftime, with Prats once again at fault. Sergi Barjuan's near post cross was missed by the keeper and Dani found himself unmarked to tap in once again. The sending-off of Fernandez three minutes after the break for a second bad foul on Dani effectively settled the match. Luis Enrique made it 3-1 a minute later after Guardiola's precise cross gave him a simple header. And a minute later Dani completed his hat-trick as he reacted fastest to a loose ball in the area following more good work from Luis Enrique. The place slackened after that as van Gaal, with one eye on Wednesday's Champions League date with Arsenal, took off Rivaldo and Luis Enrique. Special thanks: El País and DailySoccer Trademark y Copyright © BarçaMania 1998-1999. Todos los derechos reservados. Cualquier reproducción, duplicación o distribución sin el consentimiento escrito expresado de BarçaMania es terminantemente prohibido. [Diseño Gráfico por Pulze Communications © 1999]