The whistle goes, with that Rodrygo finish proving enough for Real Madrid to claim all three points.
After a fast start to the second half by the hosts, Betis slowly grew back into the game and looked like testing Courtois with every attack.
But, all that changed when Rodrygo stabbed home the winner.
And Real were able to close out the result with little difficulty and arguably could’ve won by a wider margin!
Starting lineup:
REAL MADRID STARTING XI: Thibaut Courtois;
Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy;
Luka Modric, Aurelien Tchouameni, Edouardo Camavinga;
Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior.
MADRID SUBSTITUTES: Nacho, Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos, Marco Asensio, Andriy Lunin, Federico Valverde, Lucas Vazquez, Dani Ceballos, Antonio Rudiger, Mariano, Luis Lopez.
REAL BETIS STARTING XI: Rui Silva;
Youssouf Sabaly, Luiz Felipe, Edgar Gonzalez, Alex Moreno;
Guido Rodriguez, Andres Guardado; Sergio Canales, Nabil Fekir, Juanmi;
Borja Iglesias.
REAL BETIS SUBSTITUTES: Claudio Bravo, Martin Montoya, Victor Ruiz, Luiz Henrique, Willian Jose, Joaquin, Loren Moron, Aitor Ruibal, Dani Martin, Rodrigo Sanchez, Juan Miranda.
Goals:
GOAL! What a finish that is, and it’s as simple as it comes for Madrid as Vinicius puts the hosts ahead. Alaba is given time to stroll out from defence and place a sublime pass over the top of Betis’ line. Vinicius is simply too quick, and, having just stayed onside, he gets beyond Gonzalez and lofts a sublime finish over Silva. It’s 1-0 to Madrid.
GOALLLL!!! Well, that’s the curse of the commentator, alright! Madrid looked highly comfortable, but Betis hit back through former Madrid playmaker Canales. Iglesias flicks a throw-in back to the onrushing midfielder, whose low strike finds a way through Courtois. It’s 1-1!
GOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! What an impact!!! Valverde ghosts in behind Rodriguez to take Caravajal’s pass and, with his first touch, cuts the ball back from the byline to Rodrygo, who prods it beyond Silva from close range to make it 2-1 to Real Madrid!
So, what’s next?
Real’s victory means they’re now the only team with a 100 per cent record to start the season – played four, won four.
Meanwhile, Betis remain below them in second, having dropped points for the first time this season at the Bernabeu, and shouldn’t be discouraged by being beaten by Los Blancos away from home.
The champions have that title for a reason, and based on what we’ve seen so far this season, it’s going to be one hell of a challenge to prevent them from going back-to-back.
