Barcelona are always confident of beating Madrid – Busquets

Luis Suarez scored twice in the most convincing result in this fixture since Jose Mourinho was beaten 5-0 in his first El Clasico. “The game is more of a reflection of our merits than Madrid’s faults”.

Barcelona was in better form heading into El Clasico, and they’ve shown it throughout the game. We were up against a great side; we made mistakes and were made to pay for them. But the emphatic cherry on top of this sweet Barca Sundae was the 24-pass build up that led to Suarez’s score-that was textbook teamwork.

One thousand national police were in attendance while 1,400 private security guards were appointed by Real Madrid in light of events in Paris.

In the 74th, it was 0-4.

The Di Stefano game in reverse, as this time it was Barcelona who won the big-money battle to sign a super-star, Johan Cruyff. The Dutchman angered Madrid, and delighted his new fans, by saying he could never join a club “associated with France”.

“We have lost three points in La Liga and nothing more”.

Thankfully, with a three-goal lead just minutes into the second half, Enrique had the luxury to substitute Messi and allow him to shake a few of the rust off in a low-pressure situation.

Only a minute later it should’ve really been 0-2 – in a five-versus-four Barcelona counter-attack Sergi Roberto was presented with an easy chance in the middle of the box after Iniesta’s pass, but young midfielder missed the mark.

Karim Benzema started for Madrid for the first time since he was charged with complicity to blackmail and conspiring to commit a criminal act in his native France in a case involving a sex tape featuring French worldwide teammate Mathieu Valbuena. The players were even jeered back on to the pitch for the restart.

Luis Suarez scored two goals in the game and in the process became the 8th Barcelona player to score a brace at the Bernabeu after Asensi, Amarilla, Salinas, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Messi, and Henry. Valencia have 19 points while Celta remain on 21.

The commanding victory gave Barcelona a six-point lead in the Spanish league standings, and halted Madrid’s 22-game unbeaten streak at home in the league.

Cristiano Ronaldo – 5/10: The reigning World Player of the Year cut a frustrated figure, dishing out rather than drawing fouls and failing to beat his markers.

Another obvious one, Isco saw red in the dying minutes of the game for bringing down Neymar with a rash tackle, no guesses on who was the last one to have been sent off in a Clasico.

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.

By the time the game ended, with Sergio Ramos dismissed late on for a nasty tackle on Messi, Mourinho looked thoroughly embarrassed.