Rijkaard leaves with a win

Barcelona showed their best and worst traits as they beat relegated Murcia 5-3 to confirm third place in Frank Rijkaard's last game in charge on Saturday night.

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Giovani Dos Santos bagged a hat-trick after goals from Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry had put the visitors in front.

Murcia had taken a surprise lead before that through Juan Cruz Ochoa early on, but the visitors soon turned on the style in Rijkaard's last game as coach of Barcelona.

But after hitting five goals without reply, the Catalans relaxed once more and allowed the home side to strike back twice in the last ten minutes through Ivan Alonso's penalty and Abel Gomez's free-kick.



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