El Clasico: Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona – 5 Talking Points

Luis Suarez and Neymar continued their sensational goalscoring form as Barcelona moved six points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with a 4-0 thrashing of their bitter rivals at the Bernabeu on Saturday.

Many people expected that Argentinian magician will start this game, but Luis Enrique chose to leave him on the bench and then sub him in late in the game. “The most important is to recover the group, to show them that we have a responsibility to the fans”.

“It was a cluster of many coincidences”. What we have to do now is bounce back as quickly as possible.

“There were opportunities [for me] to score [a third] goal, but I didn’t have any special interest in scoring our fifth goal”.

But for the first time since 2007, Barcelona’s talisman did not start against Real Madrid. “It hurts to lose and particularly to lose in that manner”, said Benitez.

“I picked players with the quality to do better than we did”. Fans waved white handkerchiefs – a gesture of goodbye aimed at Madrid coach Rafa Benitez – and called for the resignation of president Florentino Perez.

Eusebio’s men took the points with a 2-0 win thanks to second half goals from Imanol Agirretxe, who volleyed in his ninth goal of the season, and Xavi Prieto, who scored from close range following a defensive error. “We coughed up some balls, and a good team like them can do you damage”.

“It’s a very bad night for us”, he told Canal Plus.

Andres Iniesta made it 3-0 early in the second half following a backheel from Neymar and Suarez completed the rout in the closing minutes. We just have to unite and work hard to get three points from our next game so we can stay in the fight for the title.

Neymar tried to double the lead from a free-kick but could not beat Navas, while at the other end Claudio Bravo was equal to Madrid’s first attempt at goal, a strike from Rodriguez.

Messi arrived on the pitch not long after and he would provide the through ball for the Catalans’ fourth, creating the space for Suarez, who clipped home 16 minutes from time to put the result beyond question.