Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic celebrates with team mates after scoring. REUTERS / Marcelo del Pozo
(Reuters) - Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic embraced the art of winning ugly after they beat 10-man Real Betis 2-0 to move closer to retaining their La Liga title.
Barca were far from their sparkling best against Betis after thrashing Sporting Gijon 6-0 and Deportivo La Coruna 8-0 in their previous two games, but were helped by Heiko Westermann's sending off in the 35th minute for a second booking.
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