The Catalans were simply unstoppable, as goals from Luis Suarez (two), Neymar and Andres Iniesta stretched their lead at the top of the table to 6 points. It hurts us a lot to lose in this manner and against a team like Barcelona.
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Luis Suarez has insisted that Barcelona’s 4-0 victory over Real Madrid in the Clasico on Saturday “was a cluster of many coincidences”. In a sign of Barcelona’s dominance, the scorer of the third goal, Andres Iniesta, was applauded by a few Madrid fans when he was substituted in the second half. Marcelo chance at start of second chance is key point in game, if that was goal… we talked at half-time about getting back into the game.
If Madrid’s problems persist, Barcelona will likely cruise to a La Liga title, and a second consecutive Champions League trophy may not be too far behind. This match perfectly highlighted what Barca does right and what Real Madrid does wrong.
“We’ll keep fighting in the way we have to fight”.
Security around the stadium has been ramped up to what officials have said is unprecedented levels following last week’s attacks in Paris.
Enrique continued: “Winning like this against players of such a high level is hard, but we managed to pull off what we were hoping to do throughout the game”. But it couldn’t have been more one-sided.
Barcelona were dominant throughout the match and by the 39 minute, Real Madrid’s net was bulging once again after a delightful chipped pass from Iniesta reached Neymar who finished the attack with a low shot that went underneath Real Madrid’s Costa Rican goalkeeper.
In the 11th minute Luis Suarez opened the scoring with a right footed shot from the centre of the box following a through ball from Sergi Roberto.
Madrid’s players never looked comfortable in Benitez’s deep-lying set-up and the front three were isolated throughout, though Claudio Bravo denied Cristiano Ronaldo superbly late on. Benitez started with playmaker Rodriguez instead of defensive midfielder Casemiro, giving the team a more offensive setup, but the hosts were not able to threaten to the disappointment of the fans that packed the Bernabeu.
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.
Without doubt, this year’s La Liga will be won by Barcelona, there’s no team in the Spanish league good enough to match the quality of players they have in and off the pitch.
And he was Messi-like in setting up the opening goal as he drove at the Madrid defence before timing a flawless pass into the path of Suarez.
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For Real boss, Rafa Benitez, the humiliating loss will undoubtedly lead to a scolding in the notoriously fickle Madrid sporting press.
