Eto146;o scores his own century

Eto8217;o put Barca in front early in the second half when he added the finishing touch to a gleaming counter-attack and made it 3-1 with a deft finish that took his league tally to 22.

The champions, who have nine games left to play, lead the standings on 67 points, 14 ahead of second-placed Real Madrid and 15 clear of Valencia and Osasuna. Getafe are 11th.

Getafe got off to a dream start at the Nou Camp when Nano got in between two defenders to head home a Mario Cotelo cross at the near post with less than five minutes on the clock.

But the Catalans were gifted an equaliser soon after when Matellan bundled the ball into his own net after French winger Ludovic Giuly had headed a Giovanni van Bronckhorst cross towards the far post.

Barca took the lead after a stunning passing move. Deco began the move when he dinked the ball out towards Mark van Bommel on the right, the Dutchman slipped a pass to Eto8217;o who exchanged a slick one-two with Giuly and then fired home for the 100th league goal of his career.

The three-Times African Player of the Year made sure of the victory with another classy finish 17 minutes later, this time steering past keeper Luis Garcia with the outside of his foot after Ronaldinho had found him with a slide-rule pass across the area.