Suarez, Neymar lead Barca to 4-0 rout of Real Madrid
Two goals from Luis Suarez and one each for Neymar and Andres Iniesta ensured the Catalans claimed a valuable three points to move six points clear of their fierce rivals at the top of the Liga table. The whole team were dying to get off to a good start and that’s what we did after the break.
When Real did create chances, they were thwarted by the inspired Claudio Bravo, who single-handedly ensured Barca would leave the Bernabeu with a clean sheet.
Neymar returned the favor to Iniesta shortly after the start of the second half. We’ve paid for our mistakes.
“Football is a attractive game and it is not always the best team who wins and I don’t believe any team is invincible”, said Garcia.
“It was a very special day and we are the first ones who want to enjoy it and do it well”.
Barca were also boosted by the return of Lionel Messi from the bench against Madrid and Rakitic hopes his recovery will progress quickly now he is back in the side. I’m going to take Roma +1 in the first half handicap, I think Rudi Garcia’s men will set the stall out here to not concede and think that they can make it to the break on level terms. “There were a lot of circumstances that led to the result and as a team we weren’t up to the standard”, the Spanish global added.
Luis Enrique and his side’s confidence will be sky high after thrashing bitter rivals Real Madrid 4-0 in the La Liga on Saturday.
Giving in to the player’s whims certainly didn’t do the trick for Real Madrid and Benitez became the fifth Real manager in a row to lose his first Clasico following Juande Ramos, Manuel Pellegrini, Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti. “I’m thrilled. These games are double the fun and I’m very satisfied”.
“With this pain comes an opportunity to exact revenge in a few months time and play the kind of game we wanted to play today”.
Goal.com notes that Enrique, ahead of the midweek clash against Roma in the Champions League, said he is fully fit and ready to play a huge role. “Looking at the players’ faces during the game, there wasn’t an issue with our attitude”. If that had gone in we would have been back in the match.