Barcelona took a big step towards defending their LaLiga title with a 1-0 win at Real Madrid thanks to Ivan Rakitic's first-half goal.
Match Events
26'GOAL! Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona (Rakitic)
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! RAKITIC SCORES! 1-0 BARCA! Out of nothing the visitors take the lead. A simple one-two between Rakitic and Sergi Roberto opens up the Madrid defence. The midfielder surges into the right inside channel before clipping a strike over the top of Courtois and the ball rolls into the back of the net. A clinical move from Barca.
Goal! Real Madrid 0, Barcelona 1. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergi Roberto with a through ball.
45' Clashes between Messi & Ramos before HT
Messi goes down clutching his face before the half-time whistle following a collision with Ramos. The referee has to act to bring tempers under control.
Messi goes down clutching his face before the half-time whistle following a collision with Ramos. The referee has to act to bring tempers under control.
61' Yellow Card! Ramos booked
Ramos blocks off Messi's run through the Los Blancos defence and goes into the book.
91' Amazing save from Ter Stegen to deny Varane
Carvajal raids down the right flank and whips a cross into the box. Varane rises in the middle to head at goal, but he nods his effort straight at Ter Stegen. It wouldn't counted anyway as Ramos had fouled Pique in the middle.
Match Reports
Ivan Rakitic scored a delightful winning goal as Barcelona triumphed 1-0 in a tight Clasico clash with Real Madrid to move 10 points clear at the top of the LaLiga table.
Barca won 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu to reach the Copa del Rey final in midweek and, three days later, they prevailed once more at the home of their bitter rivals in a game that saw captains Sergio Ramos and Lionel Messi involved in a flashpoint.
Rakitic struck the only goal with a cute chip that beat Thibaut Courtois with Barca comfortably holding Los Blancos at bay to inflict more Clasico misery and consecutive home league losses on Madrid.
Player Ratings
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Sergio Ramos, L. Modrić, Benzema, Bale, T. Kroos, T. Courtois, Casemiro, Daniel Carvajal, R. Varane, Reguilón, Vinícius Júnior
Subs: Marcelo, K. Navas, Isco, Lucas Vázquez, Marco Asensio, Ceballos, Valverde
Barcelona XI: L. Messi, L. Suárez, Piqué, I. Rakitić, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, M. ter Stegen, S.Roberto, Lenglet, Arthur, O. Dembélé
Subs: Vidal, Philippe Coutinho, J. Cillessen, S. Umtiti, Semedo, Carles Aleñá, Malcom
RGGil
533
The whole match in 1 picture
zahdelprs
473
Ernesto Valverde - "I got 99 problems but winning El clasico ain't one".😎
Prakhar44
430
Report Again Says : Barca Fans writing the comments Real Madrid fans : Reading the comments and Crying in the corner and admitting that Barca is Better team 😂😂😂😂😂😂♥️😂♥️😂😂😂😂😂😂
datsama
363
The fans at the santiago bernabeu must be very proud of their players. the first match this season ended 5 - 1 the 2nd 3 - 0 and the 3rd 1 -0 that shows progress. 😂😂😂 visca el barca.
Longlife2000
328
Ramos makes me feel some people don't get what they want in life... He wanted to be a wrestler but ended up being a footballer 😔
west52
183
Wednesday: Real Madrid 0-3 Barcelona⚽⚽⚽ Saturday: Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona⚽ No wonder they're happy 👇
bumbcdmr
170
Everyone have a moment of silence for @Mabacekpty
Musamessi
154
just so u know::: barca have won more matches at bernabeu this month than real Madrid have. lollll
nimbcdtuz
136
Gooooooooooal!!! Real Madrid 1 : 1 Barcelona Ronaldo scored with a long range from Italy
Trevorn
121
Won the battle but lost the war,exact same thing that happened Wednesday. Despite all the chances created we still didn't convert any. Something that definitely needs to be improved. Vinicius seriously needs to work on his finishing in training. I love him but he needs to start converting more, 18 years old or not! Benzema needs to keep his ground more in the center of the field so that Reguilon and carvajal have someone to link up with. The rest of the team was exceptional especially the midfield. Ter Stegen had yet another big game. Courtois played good. Isco needs to be back in Solari's tactics because he came on and had an impressive performance. Nevertheless Hala Madrid
dnshaheer
117
Plz dont fight for Dembele and Vinicius.... Dembele can leave football now and join Usain bolt for running.... Half of the time he is running without a ball as if he had won the 100mts race.... On the other side Vinicius..... Some one plz buy him a goal post and a ball.... Let him practice and shoot the target not lenglet..... He would have scored three goals today if we keep a picture of lenglet in the goalpost.... Overall it was an entertaining and thrilling El-Classico😂😂😂😂😜😜😜😜
shray_srivastava
109
Barcelona just did a Atletico Madrid Today, Pique was right on Top today.
chucks10
105
Real Madrid just gifted Barcelona 2 trophies in the space of 2 days.
SouTHeE
101
Before the match: Vinicius will score today After the match: Vinicius found in pique pocket
Barcelona-Arsenal
93
Vinicius dives too much Modric and regulon played well today Dembele is slowly learning the barca way vidal was a warrior, came in and one the ball with strong challenges Real tried to mark and press busi, in response he moved more forward to draw players to himself Messi is having groin injury problems Coutinho needs confidence Suarez is looking much better Ramos should have been sent off. he is a disgrace to football Courtois was so focused on not getting nutmegged, he got chipped vinicius, dives and all, was still basically real madrid's attack. asensio looked like, if he had been in longer, he couldve made a difference pique was superb. lenglet was determined, getting hit in the ribs with a shot twice Real needed Vazquez, a defensive winger, as alba and demvele was dominating the right side in the first half The ref was biased for Madrid, but we are used to that now Rakitic was the best croat on the field, though nearly made a horrible error overall, we played too defensively, we couldve atracked more. wouldve liked to see coutinho in for arthur in midfield around the 70th minute, keep dembele on.
Nels-7
66
temkeneth01
31
well said Mario 😂
Amis_moses_zulu
29
4 things I have learned after this el classico 👉Rakitic far better than Luka Modric (proved) 👉Real Madrid are like a student who fails the same test twice in one week 👉Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Training Ground for Barcelona 👉Madrid has become a joke since Ronaldo left