First Division - Day 12

Real Madrid 0 - Barcelona 4

Madrid: Keylor Navas; Danilo, Sergio Ramos, Varane, Marcelo (Dani Carvajal 59‘); Kroos, Modric; James (Isco 55‘), Bale, Ronaldo; Benzema. 4-2-3-1.
Barcelona: Claudio Bravo; Dani Alves, Piqué, Mascherano (Mathieu 27’), Jordi Alba; Sergi Roberto, Busquets, Rakitic (Messi 56’), Iniesta (Munir 77’); Luis Suárez, Neymar. 4-4-2.

Goals:
0-1. 11. Luis Suárez. Picked up Sergi Roberto pass and struck shot across Navas.
0-2. 39. Neymar. Controlled Iniesta through ball and steered shot under keeper.
0-3. 53. Iniesta. Latched on to return Neymar pass and drove shot into roof of net.
0-4. 74. Luis Suárez. Ran on to chip keeper after Jordi Alba played on Messi pass.

Yellow cards: James 23’, Dani Alves 31’, Sergio Ramos 51’, Dani Carvajal 83’, Busquets 92’ / red cards: Isco 84’.

The latest “clásico” ended in a big win for leaders Barcelona, Luis Enrique’s side beating hosts Real Madrid 0-4 to move six points clear of them in the table. The Catalans were the better team throughout, Luis Suárez latching on to a Sergi Roberto pass to open the scoring in the eleventh minute, and Iniesta setting up Neymar for the second shortly before the break. Marcelo headed a Suárez shot off the line with keeper Keylor Navas beaten on the stroke of half time, and Navas tipped a Neymar free kick over the bar before Iniesta ran on to Neymar’s back-heel pass to curl a shot inside the post for the third. Claudio Bravo had to make important saves in particular from James, Ronaldo and Benzema though, and Marcelo and Bale went close as Rafa Benítez’s side looked to get back in the game. Messi (who had started on the bench following his long injury lay-off) came on in the second half however, and he had a hand in the fourth goal, Jordi Alba playing his pass into the path of Luis Suárez for him to chip Navas with a quarter of an hour to go. Soon afterwards a frustrated Isco got himself sent off for kicking out at Neymar, and substitute Munir missed a couple of easy chances to add to the scoreline near the end. Still too early in the season for the title race to be over of course, but the angry fans called for the heads of Benítez and club president Florentino Pérez after the final whistle, and Pérez is expected to make an appearance before the press in the next day or so.