Real Madrid Fans Applaud Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta In ‘El Clasico’

The frustration of losing 4-0 to their most hated rivals in their own home stadium became very clear in the Real Madrid players and this was exemplified when Isco kicked out at Neymar’s knee forcing the referee to give him a straight red card at the 84 minute.

The in-form South American pair were the architects of Saturday’s stunning 4-0 win at Real Madrid in the La Liga “Clasico“, with Suarez striking twice and Neymar netting one and setting up Andres Iniesta to score a stunner.

They surged six points clear at the top with 30 from 12 matches and ratcheted up the pressure on under-fire Real coach Rafa Benitez who had the luxury of fielding the trio of Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema but to little effect.

Neymar and Suarez ensured Messi’s absence wasn’t felt in the attack as the duo grabbed three goals between them.

The upshot was a massacre on the pitch, with Barcelona hammered 11-1 by Real, but it is not a game remembered too often in Madrid, despite being their record ever victory.

In a sign of Barcelona’s dominance, the scorer of the third goal, Andres Iniesta, was applauded by a few Madrid fans when he was substituted in the second half.

Enrique said it would be mostly up to the player to decide if felt confident enough to play from the start. “After the first goal, we controlled the game, with possession in midfield and had many chances”. “I think the result of the game is based more on our merit than Real Madrid’s lack thereof”.

Messi and Neymar then combined brilliantly to set up Suarez for his second and Barca’s fourth on 74 minutes, with the Uruguayan staying composed to produce a delightful chipped finish over Navas.

The former Liverpool and Chelsea manager has only been in charge for 16 games, but back-to-back defeats now leave Madrid six points behind Barcelona in the title race.

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With an estimated global audience of 400 million, Luis Enrique’s side put on a performance fitting of the game’s box-office billing, dominating a below-par Real side who rarely threatened to test the La Liga leaders.

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

“Whenever we win or lose we are all part of it and obviously it hurts a lot to lose and to lose this way”. The accuracy on both were ideal, right next the post where the goalkeeper had no chance.

Indeed, the visitors made full use of the space afforded them by Rodriguez in place of Casemiro, which left a huge gap between Modric and Toni Kroos in front of the back four and Los Blancos’ attackers isolated.