THIERRY HENRY, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Bojan Krkic scored and FC Barcelona beat third-division Alcoyano 3-0 in a first-leg match of the fourth round of the King’s Cup in Madrid on Tuesday.

Third-division Denia drew cup holder Sevilla 1-1, and Athletic Bilbao drew with first-division Hercules 2-2.

Henry swiped the ball into goal in the 25th minute after reaching Andres Iniesta’s no-look back-heel inside the area.

The Catalan club put away the game in the last five minutes; Gudjohnsen scoring his first of the campaign from the penalty spot before Krkic knocked in Xavi Hernandez’s long-range cross at the far post on the stroke of injury time.

Topflight clubs Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Espanyol and others play their first legs in December, with all of the second legs of the Spanish cup competition to be played Jan. 2.

At Denia’s Nou Camp stadium, substitute Ernesto Chevanton finally put Sevilla in front with his header in the 76th, only for Pablo Vidal to reply a minute later from a corner kick.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard fielded a near full strength team for the match, with defender Rafael Marquez returning to the backline.

(SD-Agencies)