Real Madrid ease past Barca to win Clasico clash

Real Madrid overcame rivals Barcelona with a 3-1 triumph astatine the Bernabeu to spell 3 points wide astatine the apical of LaLiga connected Sunday.

The LaLiga champions took an aboriginal 2-0 pb done Karim Benzema and Federico Valverde earlier a Ferran Torres extremity started a Barca fightback precocious on.

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However, Carlo Ancelotti's broadside sealed the triumph successful stoppage clip with a Rodrygo penalty.

The effect compounded a miserable week for Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez, who saw his broadside suffer crushed successful the league rubric contention aft slipping to a disappointing Champions League gully successful midweek.

Madrid stay unbeaten successful LaLiga with 25 points, portion Barca is successful 2nd spot (22).

The hosts took the pb aft 12 minutes done a swift counterattack that saw Benzema pat location aft Marc-Andre ter Stegen blocked Vinicius Junior's effort.

The France planetary snapped a streak of 5 games without a goal, which was his longest scoring drought astatine the nine level since 2020.

Madrid doubled their pb 10 minutes earlier the interruption erstwhile Valverde recovered himself successful abstraction extracurricular of the container and steered a good decorativeness past Ter Stegen.

Benzema thought helium grabbed a 2nd extremity aboriginal successful the 2nd half, but it was ruled retired for offside.

The visitors grabbed a extremity backmost with 10 minutes remaining done substitute Torres aft large enactment from Ansu Fati and Robert Lewandowski.

Madrid stepped up a cogwheel and were awarded a punishment successful the 90th infinitesimal erstwhile Sergio Busquets brought down Rodrygo.

The Brazilian scored the spot footwear arsenic Madrid avenged their 4-0 Clasico location decision past season.