El Clasico: Suarez, Neymar Star As Barcelona Thrash Real Madrid 4-0

It’s not always that you can win with such superiority.

“The other day I said that the only thing we were interested in is ourselves”.

“At one point I was looking at it and thinking “they need to stop the game”.

Spanish authorities, meanwhile, declared Saturday’s game between Real Madrid and Barcelona a high-risk event with unprecedented security measures at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Fans waved white handkerchiefs – a sign of dissatisfaction that means “bye-bye” to the coach (Rafa Benitez) – and called for the resignation of president Florentino Perez. The few chances the home side created were snuffed out by the excellent Claudio Bravo in the Barcelona goal-or wasted by wayward finishing.

Espanyol had been without a win in their last three games, and could have been behind nearly straight from the kick-off as Norin Amrabat went through on goal before seeing his shot well saved by Pau Lopez. We were effective both on attack and on defence.

“It hurts a lot to lose this way, especially to Barcelona”, Benitez said. “We made too many mistakes and when you play against a very good team like Barcelona you end up paying for them”. With the win, the defending champions have six-point lead at the top of the table.

The Chile global almost embarrassed himself towards the end of the first half as he failed to claim a Madrid corner, but he and Barca got away unscathed – a nd just a moment later the Catalans got their second goal.

Unprecedented security measures were in place at the Bernabeu following the attacks in Paris last week, with almost 3,000 policemen and private security officers working to maintain public safety outside and inside the 81,000-capacity venue.

Messi it was, who provided the assist for Suarez’s second goal, to sum up a miserable evening for the Mardid faithful. The Brazilian scored once and Suarez added a double.

They have conceded just eight goals in 12 Premier League matches – the best record in the division – and kept eight clean sheets along the way.

Barca had brought Madrid to their knees while Messi was still on the bench but the all-time top scorer in this fixture was not about to miss out on the fun.

Iniesta was playmaker turned goalscorer for Barcelona’s third, an incisive breakaway allowing Suarez to set up the midfielder.

Barca s dominance in possession was rewarded with a second before half-time when Iniesta s through ball was perfectly timed for Neymar and his effort squeezed under Keylor Navas.

Real Madrid’s new all-time top-scorer’ Cristiano Ronaldo discussed retirement, playing overseas and his chances of winning the Balon d’Or, on the UK’s Jonathan Ross Show this week.