Ramos: Barca should be used to improve & self-criticism, like we've shown

Sergio Ramos was delighted that Real Madrid were able to kill off Barcelona in Sunday evening's Clasico.

The win takes Los Blancos back to the top of LaLiga Santander and came courtesy of goals from Vinicius Junior and Mariano Diaz.

It wasn't always a guarantee though and the Catalans enjoyed their own spells of dominance in the first half.

"At the end of the first half we gave the ball to Barcelona a little too much," Ramos said afterwards.

"We decided to be more withdrawn, I don't know if that was for the better or worse but the decision was made.

"They had the ball and didn't create chances. Then we decided to press high and steal the ball.

"We started creating chances and insisted that, when we scored, we kept going to kill the game.

"Today, that's what we did."

Madrid struggled to kill off Manchester City in midweek, wherein they blew a lead to lose 2-1.

"After mistakes, lessons are learnt," Ramos added.

"They should be used to improve and self-criticism, like we've shown, is the best act of humility."

Lionel Messi didn't have his best night, but Ramos believes Madrid's tactics are the reason for that.

"Leo creates a constant uncertainty," he said.

"You always have to be aware of him.

"We put a lot of emphasis on him, put all our attention on him and closed the space."