Real Madrid vs Barcelona LIVE: El Clasico result and final score as hosts crumble after Aubameyang goal
Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice on a wonderful night for Xavi as the hosts were humbled at the Bernabeu
Follow live reaction as Barcelona produced a sublime performance to stun rivals Real Madrid and claim a 4-0 win in El Clasico at the Bernabeu.
Real Madrid came into the match well clear at the top of La Liga and 15 points ahead of Barcelona in the table, but the visitors produced their best performance of the season so far under new manager Xavi.
Former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice on his first El Clasico appearance with Ferran Torres and Ronald Araujo also on target as Xavi’s side strenthened their Champions League qualification hoeps with a famous win.
Real Madrid, who were missing Karim Benzema, were a shambles defensively but Carlo Ancelotti’s side remain in control of the title race after second-place Sevilla dropped points for the third match in a row earlier on Sunday.
Follow all the reaction from the 249th El Clasico below
Real Madrid 0 - 0 Barcelona
3 mins: Barca work the ball nicely down the left wing with Pedri shifting away from a tackle and giving it to Ferran Torres out wide. He looks to drive down the line but Eder Miltao comes across and takes him out with a lunging tackle!
The resultant free kick is flicked into the box anf comes to Torres. The former Manchester City striker bring the ball under control and then spoons his volley high and wide.
Real Madrid 0 - 0 Barcelona
Kick off: Sergio Busquets (442) moves joint-third alongside Andres Iniesta (442) in Barcelona’s leading La Liga appearance makers, behind only Lionel Messi (520) and Xavi (505).
Barcelona get the game underway.
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Here come the players. This is always an intriguing game to watch. El Clasico. Real Madrid are the favourites tonight, they’re looking to win six meetings against Barcelona in a row. Can they do it?
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The stage is set at the Bernabeu. This is the first El Clasico to be played at the home of Real Madrid since March 2020. Real had been playing their home games at their training complex during the time when games were played behind closed doors.
Today’s attendance is capped at 60,000.
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Carlo Ancelotti spoke about the magic of playing in big games at the Santiago Bernabeu and how the atmosphere in the ground tonight would give his players a boost. He said:
The last time we played at the Bernabéu was an unforgettable night and one that remains in all of our hearts and eyes. I think that we’ll be capable of reproducing that. We’ll be giving our all to try and produce a repeat of that night,
“If we win tomorrow it’ll give us another three points and will take us closer to winning LaLiga. If we draw the game, it’ll give us another point and if we lose the match, we won’t get any points.
“We can’t go thinking that Barcelona are out of it. I believe that they’ll battle right until the last game for whatever that may be, the Champions League, winning... I think that all of the teams will fight all the way until the last match.”
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Until 2019, Barçelona were enjoying a fantastic run in El Clásico. They had gone seven games against Real Madrid without a single defeat and achieved the unprecedented feat of winning four times in a row at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Since then, however, things have swung in the other direction. Barça have lost four consecutive LaLiga encounters against Real Madrid and were also defeated in the Spanish Super Cup semi-final in Saudi Arabia earlier this year.
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More from Xavi who says that beating Real Madrid tonight will move Barcelona closer to their goal for this season which is to guarantee Champions League football next year. He said:
If we win tomorrow, our chances of winning the league will still be remote but it will put us in a good position for the main target, which is being in the Champions League positions.
"I know the results against Madrid haven’t been good recently and we want to change that. We view this as a good chance to do so. But Madrid are the league leaders and are playing at home, so they have to be the favourites.”
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Sergio Busquets plays in his 43rd El Clásico tonight. Only Leo Messi with 45 has appeared in more wearing the Barçelona jersey.
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With Karim Benzema injured, the only player appearing tonight who has scored more than one goal in previous Clásicos is Gerard Piqué, who has converted twice against Madrid.
In three league games played this season without Benzema, Real Madrid were only able to score a total of three goals.
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