“There’s a long way to go yet”, he insisted.
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“We were the better side and the triumph is down to us”.
“Now I just want to leave this behind and focus on the next game”.
Real Madrid played the final minutes with 10 men as Francisco Alarcon “Isco” was sent off after a hard foul on Neymar in the 85th. “A glorious and memorable victory”, he told reporters. What I’m concerned about is restoring the team’s morale quickly. “We’ve let La Liga titles slip away with ten-point leads and we’ve won others after trailing by a lot of points”, the 2010 World Cup victor said.
Former Barcelona star Rivaldo believes now is the time for Real Madrid to make Zinedine Zidane their head coach.
Security around the stadium has been ramped up to what officials have said is unprecedented levels following last week’s attacks in Paris. Sergi Roberto played extremely well, Andres Iniesta showed just why he is a midfield maestro and Claudio Bravo made brilliant saves to ensure the side also keeps a clean sheet against their arch nemesis. Coach Real Madrid, Benitez will try to forget his first Clasico and Real Madrid stands now 6 points behind the Catalans. The goal was allowed even though Suarez appeared to be offside. He and Neymar now have 39 goals between them this season – Suarez has scored 15 goals in all competitions, while his Brazilian teammate has notched 14 times in 17 appearances.
Barcelona was in control during most of the game and never gave Madrid many chances to score.
Suarez added a fourth, following a pass from substitute Messi.
It was Suarez’s seventh and eighth goals in the last five games, and Neymar’s sixth in the last four games.
The manager, who has been rather defensive about accusations that he is defensive, opted for a more attacking side than anyone had expected, employing a 4-2-3-1 that often looked more like a 4-2-4 and did not work.
Yet, despite playing in his favoured role behind the striker, Bale had no impact on the game whatsoever and the time may be coming when Madrid decide to cut their losses on the Welshman with a series of Premier League clubs said to be interested.
Barcelona announced special security measures for Tuesday’s game.
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Neymar then doubled the advantage before halftime, slotting low beyond Keylor Navas from close range.
