Suarez, Neymar fuel Barca rout of Madrid

Considering that this is the first time in 18 matches that no one has scored between Barcelona and Real Madrid, Bravo became the first goalkeeper in 18 games to have kept a clean sheet in the Clasico.

‘This game will go down in history, it will be remembered by all Barcelona fans.

“This victory is glorious, especially in the way that it came about”, said Barca boss Luis Enrique after the match.

After the whistle, thousands of Real fans waved anything white they could get their hands on in the traditional sign of discontent with the board of directors while the music came on full blast to drown out any more embarrassing chants.

“Now I just want to leave this behind and focus on the next game”.

“But one thing I want to mention about Barcelona: people always talk about when they have the ball and how they pass the ball well. It hurts to lose and particularly to lose in that manner”, said Benitez. “We’re six points clear, but the season’s very long and Madrid are a great team”.

Arguably the most remarkable part of an utterly dominant display from Barca was the fact most of the damage was inflicted without Lionel Messi on the field.

There were unprecedented security measures in place after the attacks in Paris last week, with almost 3,000 policemen and private security officers working to maintain public safety at the 81,000-capacity stadium. He helped to set up Suarez’s fourth goal, completing the rout.

Rafa Benitez then made a decision to improve the midfield by taking off James Rodriguez and bringing on Isco who allowed Real Madrid to put Cristiano Ronaldo through on goal but Claudio Bravo did very well to block Ronaldo’s shot. It was Suarez’s seventh and eighth goals in the last five games, and Neymar’s sixth in the last four games.

“You saw a team today on one side and on the other side you see a group of players playing for themselves and not being a team at the moment”. The Argentine has been out of the game for several weeks now and would love to make a comeback for this game and cause a few drama.

In truth this was not a match from the 10th minute on, when Luis Suarez opened the scoring. In the seventh Neymar hit a right footed shot just outside the box that went high.

Only a fine diving save from Navas prevented Neymar’s free-kick from making it two on 24 minutes before Roberto somehow missed target from eight yards shortly after. Replays showed that Neymar appeared to be slightly offside when he received Iniesta’s pass.

Messi has not played since the end of September, during which time champions Barca have pulled three points clear of second-placed Real at the top largely thanks to the form of the Argentina captain’s fellow forwards and South American compatriots Neymar and Luis Suarez.