Jude Bellingham scored and assisted for the first time in La Liga this season as Real Madrid overcame Barcelona in a breathless and fiery Clasico at the Bernabeu.
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Match Report
The England midfielder produced a defence-splitting through ball to tee up Kylian Mbappe for the 22nd-minute opener, before his 43rd-minute tap-in restored his side's lead, five minutes after Fermin Lopez had levelled.
It was Bellingham's fourth goal in five appearances in the clash between the league's top two sides, with Xabi Alonso's men moving five points clear of Barcelona as the game ended with clashes on the touchline.
Real lost all four Clasicos in all competitions last season, but from minute one set about breaching Barcelona's high defensive line.
The hosts were awarded a penalty when Vinicius Jr went down inside the opening two minutes, but a video assistant referee (VAR) review determined the Real Madrid winger had kicked the leg of Lamine Yamal before he went down.
Ten minutes after VAR had ruled out a stunning 25-yard Mbappe volley from the edge of the box for a marginal offside, Bellingham spun away from Pedri before sliding a pass through to the French striker to slot past Wojciech Szczesny.
Madrid peppered Barca's third-choice goalkeeper with shots, but were caught out by a 38th-minute counter-attack that ended with Marcus Rashford squaring for Fermin to equalise.
And more controversy followed as Hansi Flick's side went behind again before the break.
Barcelona's players felt Real defender Dean Huijsen fouled Pau Cubarsi as he tried to clear Eder Militao's header across the face of goal, but Bellingham was left unmarked at the back post to score.
Mbappe was denied a second when he converted from another offside position following a magical team move started by Vinicius and Bellingham having his effort stopped.
The second half began with VAR intervening once again to award Los Blancos a debatable penalty when the ball inadvertently struck the hand of Eric Garcia as he slid in to challenge Bellingham and the rebound ricocheted back on to him.
Szczesny, though, produced a fine one-handed stop to keep out Mbappe's spot-kick in the 52nd minute.
Bellingham then tapped in from Brahim Diaz's low cross with 20 minutes remaining but, for a third time, Madrid were denied by an offside call.
The visitors struggled to test Real keeper Thibaut Courtois and the match ended in chaos with clashes on the touchline between the rivals.
Tempers flared after Pedri was shown a second yellow card for a lunge on Aurelien Tchouameni deep into injury-time.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
2' Rashford's shot blocked behind for a corner
4' Penalty call overturned: Vinícius penalized for foul on Yamal
9' Yamal's long-range effort goes well wide
12' Mbappé's spectacular volley ruled out for offside
22' GOAL! Gol de Mbappé. Gol del Real Madrid. Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona
23' Yellow Card! Valverde booked
25' Bellingham's shot deflected wide
26' Valverde's long-range shot skies over the bar
29' Mbappé's shot blocked by Szczęsny
29' Huijsen's flying header saved
34' Ferran's tame shot easily held
35' Vinícius' chipped effort saved after Mbappé assist
37' Bellingham's first-time shot saved by Szczęsny
38' GOAL! Fermín López taps in after Rashford's assist. Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona
41' Huijsen heads clear from Rashford's corner
42' Yellow Card! Pedri booked
43' GOAL! Bellingham taps in from Militão's header. Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona
45' Mbappé goal ruled out for offside again
47' Courtois saves the Fermin's shot
47' Vinicius comes close, good effort
50' Ferran's volley comfortably held by Courtois
51' Vinícius' shot blocked after dribble
52' Penalty Missed! Mbappe’s penalty is saved by Szczesny
53' Fermin with a big chance but Courtouis saves
57' Yellow Card! Dean Huijsen booked
58' Militao with a crazy run but doesn’t shoot
64' Yamal's shot flies to sky
64' Valverde could be injured
65' Brahim ON, Arda OFF
66' Vini’s shot goes wide
68' Bellingham scored but offside
72' Vinicius Jr was not happy, he’s gone down the tunnel
74' Substitution: Eric and Ferran are replaced by Araujo and Casado
79' Vinicius Jr has joined the rest on the bench
80' Insane by Tchouameni, he finds Mbappe, shot blocked
86' Same disappointed Hansi
88' Mbappe’s shot goes wide
89' HUGE chance for Barcelona
90' Bellingham, Mbappe OFF. Ceballos, Gonzalo ON
95' Rodrygo is denied
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Mbappe, Valverde, Militao, Tchouameni, Vinicius, Camavinga, Bellingham, Güler, Álvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen
Subs: Carvajal, F Mendy, Ceballos, Alexander-Arnold, Brahim, Lunin, Fran García, Rodrygo, Gonzalo García, Raúl Asencio, Endrick, Franco Mastantuono
Barcelona XI: Szczesny, De Jong, Rashford, Ferran Torres, Kounde, Eric Garcia, Pedri, Balde, Fermín López, Yamal, Cubarsi
Subs: Araujo, Casado, Roony Bardghji, Gerard Martín, Diego Kochen, Dro Fernández, Toni Fernández, Bernal, Jofre Torrents, Xavi Espart, Eder Aller