Real Madrid downed Barcelona 2-1 with Karim Benzema producing a moment of El Clásico magic as Lionel Messi drew another frustrating blank in the fixture.
Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 in a rain-soaked and chaotic Clásico in the Spanish capital on Saturday night.
The LaLiga showdown proved a contrasting story for the two star forwards on display as Zinedine Zidane's men replaced city rivals Atlético Madrid at the top of LaLiga.
There were also a couple of moments of history before a red card for Casemiro in a frantic finale.
Here, we look at some of the standout statistics to emerge from the latest chapter in the eternal rivalry.
Lionel Messi had seven attempts on goal, including when he hit the post with an audacious effort directly from a corner towards the end of the first half.
No Barcelona player had more shots, but Messi could not find a way through in what could potentially be his final tangle with Madrid in this famous fixture.
The six-time Ballon d'Or winner has now gone seven Clasicos in all competitions without scoring – the longest drought of his career against Los Blancos.
At the head of Madrid's attack, Karim Benzema simply cannot stop scoring, irrespective of the opponents.
His sensational backheel flick to convert Lucas Vazquez's 13th-minute cross was a finish that is sure to be cherished for years to come.
Benzema has now scored in his past seven LaLiga games, netting nine times overall during this period.
The Frenchman is the fourth Madrid player in the 21st century to have scored in seven consecutive top-flight outings after Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
From Ronaldo to David Beckham, Madrid have rarely been shy of free-kick specialists.
It comes as a surprise, therefore, that Toni Kroos' strike on Saturday made him the first player in white to score a direct free-kick in El Clasico this century.
Sure, it deflected off Sergino Dest and bounced off Jordi Alba's head on the goal line, but they all count. Right, Toni?
Oscar Mingueza endured a torrid first half as Vinicius Junior ran him ragged, but the Barcelona defender bounced back after the break.
Mingueza appeared in the Madrid penalty area to convert when substitute Antoine Griezmann dummied Alba's cross.
The previous Barça defender to score on his first appearance in El Clasico was Marc Bartra in the 2014 Copa de Rey final.
Mingueza was also involved in another key moment, when Casemiro fouled him outside the Madrid box in the final minute of normal time.
That earned the combative Brazilian his second booking and only the second sending off of his Madrid career.
During this time, Casemiro has committed 478 fouls in all competitions. All in all, not a bad ratio.
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penalty for ramos for falling opposite direction . pull on brathewaite. ref doesn't even bother to check var 🤣🤣🤣 you gotta love classico games . just can't watch a game without the ref ruining it
m4verickplays
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and thats how you control noise pollution, simple👌😊
Witcher
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Barca fans on insta I respect them, we played very good first half missed chances but did good, but Barca made it interesting second half I can’t lie, no penalty was pen, and you can’t say ref was on our side we got red and Messi had 4 free kicks we were just the better team but good game Barca till we meet a Goan
tttchid
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Am even happy about the win because i knew Real would win, and ofcouse Barcelona is no match for Real Madrid
UnitedAkonam
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Barca has no excuse not to win the game. Madrid even played Liverpool not long before this game while Barca was busy resting. but Barca fans will always find a way to justify their poor performance... blaming the ref, scouting for a penalty and calling themselves goats.
Aleonhkss
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The difference between Barcelona And Real Madrid...WE play as a team....Barcelona plays as a one man team.Messilona..thats why they keep losing...No1 rule...pass the ball to messi..Messi dependency is dangerous....we were like you before when Ronaldo CR7 was with us, when he left it was difficult to pick ourselves up because we were tought to pass to ronaldo as well until he left and we were in deep shi..t!!! I wonder how barcelona will be when messi leaves or retire...keep in mind he wont be here forever....
Mo-mujahid
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iIf you Real Madrid forever fan I need to see the link to know how many we are
henikosuz
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The Eiberman has had a penalty campaign all season. Without any penalty for Barca last night, he flopped once more!
Mo-mujahid
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if your barc fan try not to cry just feel the pain and tell yourself this is madrid we can't stop them
Mia16
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for Madrid fans if something is pulled the object moves in the opposite direction. Or We can say Ramos did All the workout in Lockdown days just to fly by a pull from Lenglet.
The penalty on Ramos wasn't given by the way he fell, it was given by Lenglet's intentions It's of no use talking to y'all You won't understand