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Bengaluru FC concluded their pre season Spanish tour with a 3-0 loss to Barcelona B at the Mini Estadi in Barcelona yesterday. Bengaluru created openings throughout the match but a goal from Monchu and a Carles Perez brace were enough to see the Spanish side take the honours for the day.

Southampton remained in the bottom three after playing the second draw in a row as on Sunday the Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur ended 1-1. With the help of braces from Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, Barcelona thrashed Real Betis 5-0 in La Liga to maintain an 11 point lead at the top.

Barcelona reached in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey after defeating Celta Vigo 5-0 on Thursday, thanks to a Lionel Messi brace in the space of 3 minutes. In another clash, with the help of Wissam Ben Yedder and Joaquin Correa’s goals, Sevilla beat Cadiz 2-1 to book a place in the last eight.