Real Madrid took the top spot in LaLiga with a decisive win over Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu in the El Classico on Sunday.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring lines for the hosts before Fede Valverde doubled the Los Blancos’ lead before half time.
Luka Modric thought he had notched a third for the Madrid side but his curling effort was ruled out by the offside flag.
Barcelona threatened a late comeback through ex-Manchester City star Ferran Torres as he rounded off a brilliant move but in the end, his strike proved to be just a consolation with the hosts securing the three points and ensuring their unbeaten domestic start to the season remains intact.
Ahead of the match, Real were the second-highest scorers in the league – behind only Barcelona.
In the meantime, the Catalan giants boasted the best defence in the entire division having conceded just one goal ahead of the trip to the Bernabeu.
One of the those statistics was bound to fall to the wayside – Barcelona’s defence of being breached more within 45 minutes than it had done in the previous eight matches of the campaign, something that is certainly indicative of the quality currently in the Real Madrid attack.
