Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona: Luis Suarez and Neymar seal El Clasico victory By Jack Wilkinson
Last Updated: 21/11/15 7:51pm
Barcelona claimed the first El Clasico spoils of the season with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. From the first minute to the last, a below-par Madrid side were put to the sword as a Luis Suarez brace and goals from Neymar and Andres Iniesta sealed Barca's 10th Clasico victory from their previous 15 meetings. With an estimated global audience of 400 million, Luis Enrique's side put on a performance fitting of the game's box-office billing, dominating a below-par Real side who rarely threatened to test the La Liga leaders. When Real did create chances, they were thwarted but the inspired Claudio Bravo, who single-handedly ensured Barca would left the Bernabeu with a clean sheet.
Lionel Messi's return from two months out injured late on added extra satisfaction to a victory which saw Barca open up a six-point gap over Real at the summit of La Liga. All the pre-match build-up concerned the return of Messi, although his long-awaited return was put on hold with Enrique keeping faith in Suarez and Neymar up front from the start.
And, after an end to end start, it proved to be the right decision as Barca took the lead on 11 minutes.
Real were unable to deal with Sergi Roberto's run from deep and his disguised pass fell for Suarez, who he made no mistake to curling the ball around Keylor Navas with a first-time finish.
Barca should have been two to the good shortly after, but Roberto failed to make the most of Iniesta's raking pass before Ivan Rakitic blazed a shot over the bar.
The reoccurrence of Javier Mascherano's groin injury, and subsequent substitution, did little to deter Barca from the task at hand, as the continued to create chances.
Only a fine diving save from Navas prevented Neymar's free-kick from making it two on 24 minutes before Roberto somehow missed target from eight yards shortly after.
Real were limited to shots in anger, with James Rodriguez calling Bravo into action with a long-range drive on 28 minutes, until the returning Karim Benzema spurned a glorious chance to level the game ten minutes later.
And it proved to be a costly miss as Neymar evaded Real's offside trap, gathered Iniesta's through ball and slotted the ball under Navas to double the visitors' lead.
After the break, Real threatened to haul themselves back into contention as Marcelo rifled a shot into the side-netting before Bravo again proved unpassable, denying James' low drive.
But Barca soon showed their class and had a third on 53 minutes when, having collected the ball in acres of space, Iniesta played a neat one-two with Neymar and drilled the ball high past Navas.
Thing then went from bad to worse for Real as Messi entered the fray and they were denied claims for a penalty as Gerard Pique's handling of Gareth Bale's cross went unpunished.
Messi and Neymar then combined brilliantly to set up Suarez for his second and Barca's fourth on 74 minutes, with the Uruguayan staying composed to produced a delightful chipped finish over Navas.
And, to add insult to injury, substitute Isco's rash challenge on Neymar saw a deflated Madrid side end the game with ten men.
http://www.skysports.com/football/r-madrid-vs-barcelona/347682 Real Madrid
01 Navas
23 Danilo
02 Varane
04 Ramos Booked
12 Marcelo (Carvajal - 59' Booked )
19 Modric
08 Kroos
10 Rodríguez Booked (Isco - 55' Dismissed )
11 Bale
07 Ronaldo
09 Benzema
Substitutes
03 Pepe
13 Casilla Cortés
14 Casemiro
15 Carvajal
16 Kovacic
20 Jesé
22 Isco
Barcelona
13 Bravo
06 Dani Alves Booked
03 Piqué
14 Mascherano (Mathieu - 27' )
18 Alba
04 Rakitic (Messi - 57' )
05 Busquets Booked
08 Iniesta (El Haddadi - 77' )
20 Sergi
09 Suárez
11 Neymar
Substitutes
01 ter Stegen
10 Messi
17 El Haddadi
19 Ramírez
21 Adriano
23 Vermaelen
24 Mathieu
Ref: David José Fernández Borbalán
Att: 80,500
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