FC Porto ratings after the 2-3 defeat at Real Betis

FC Porto left Seville with a 3-2 defeat, but the ratings from A Bola were not flat across the board. Gabri Veiga and Samu stood out at the sharp end of the pitch, while Francisco Moura took the hardest hit from a night that unravelled late.

Porto's best marks

Veiga scored Porto's first goal and finished on 7.25, which put him among the clear positives in a frustrating away loss. Samu went even higher at 7.45 after coming off the bench to score Porto's second, and he did it in only 31 minutes.

That goal came after he combined with Pepê and Gabri Veiga, and it was one of the few moments in the match that Porto could point to without much argument. Diogo Costa also had work to do, making four saves as Betis kept pushing.

Moura's night

Moura was rated 5.86, the lowest mark among Porto's regular starters, and the key incidents around him explain why. Real Betis equalised after he allowed Antony to get away, then he conceded the penalty that settled the match.

Martim Fernandes was another Porto name mentioned in the wider coverage of the game, but the ratings verdict was much more focused on Moura's mistakes. The harshest reading is straightforward enough: Porto had two good individual attacking displays, yet the decisive damage came from the same side of the pitch where Moura kept getting exposed.

To turn things around, it is better to forget this night.