Playing on Madrid home ground Barca were better than Madrid in every area of the pitch and led 2-0 thanks to goals from Luis Suarez and Neymar.
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Near the end of the game, Real Madrid midfielder Isco was sent off.
Andres Iniesta put Barca firmly in the driving seat with a third eight minutes into the second half and Suarez completed the rout and his brace on 74 minutes, although the scoreline could have been much greater. This was Bemitez’s first Clasico and it is not something that he would like to remember.
“We battled hard and tried to play our game despite the weather and the main thing is that we got a point”, fullback Maicon told reporters. The Madrid supporters booed him and his team roundly during the match and many – if not most – fans were unhappy with his performance before the loss. Coach Real Madrid, Benitez will try to forget his first Clasico and Real Madrid stands now 6 points behind the Catalans. If that had gone in we would have been back in the match.
“There is still a long way to go and this is by no means decisive, but we leave here feeling very, very satisfied”, he said.
Rafa Benitez bemoaned individual mistakes for their defeat: “Whenever you lose it’s always bad and especially against Barcelona”.
“Obviously we are standing firmly by the manager”, Ramos said.
The match gave Barcelona a league-topping surge, bringing them up to 30 points with Real Madrid trailing six points behind. It’s as if they know where every player will be at all times and what their tendencies are, and it’s why they dominate.
“I insist that we haven’t played well and the only think that we can do now is recover as quickly as possible to face the next game”.
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“Whenever we win or lose we are all part of it and obviously it hurts a lot to lose and to lose this way”. We managed to that on a few occasions but not on others, and were made to pay for that.
