Barcelona have beaten Real Madrid in a dramatic El Clasico clash at the Bernabeu.
- Casemiro gave Madrid the lead in the first half before Lionel Messi delivered the visitors' equaliser before the break.
Ivan Rakitic made it 2-1 to Barca in the 73rd minute before Madrid's Sergio Ramos was sent off for a two-footed challenge on Lionel Messi. Substitute James Rodriguez levelled proceedings in the 86th minute but Messi notched his second in injury-time to clinch all three points for Barcelona.
Real Madrid XI: Navas, Carvajal, Nacho, Ramos, Marcelo, Kroos, Casemiro (Kovacic 70), Modric, Bale (Asensio 40), Ronaldo, Benzema (Rodriguez 82)
Subs: Casilla, Asensio, Danilo, Isco, Kovacic, Morata, Rodriguez
Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Messi, L Suarez, Alcacer (Gomes 70)
Subs: Cillessen, Alena, Digne, Gomes, Mascherano, D Suarez, Turan
KEY EVENTS
Lionel Messi struck twice to hand Barcelona a vital win over arch-rivals Real Madrid with his second goal, his 500th for the club, coming in the last minute of stoppage time.
Messi’s strike came at at the end of a pulsating clash that started off with a bang when Samuel Umtiti fouled Cristiano Ronaldo in the area but no penalty was awarded, while a Marcelo elbow on Messi went unpunished too.
Casemiro opened the scoring in the 28th minute before Messi equalised in the 33rd and Ivan Rakitic sent Barcelona ahead with a long-range belter with less than 20 to go.
Sergio Ramos’ red card for a two-footed lunge on Messi appeared to seal the win for the Catalans but James Rodriguez netted in the 86th minute from Marcelo’s cross to level things up.
Then Messi struck at the death to earn Barcelona a win that sends them level on 75 points with Madrid at the top of the table, although Los Blancos still have a game in hand.
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