Exquisite Barca crush Real
A second-half brace from David Villa led Barcelona
to an incredible 5-0 rout of Real Madrid in El Clasico and saw the
Catalans leapfrog their fierce rivals - who lost for the first time
under Jose Mourinho - at the top of the Primera Division.
Mourinho had gone unbeaten in his first 19 games in all competitions
since joining Madrid in the summer, but the Portuguese was unable
to avoid defeat in the biggest one of all as Pep Guardiola maintained
his perfect record as Barca coach in El Clasico with a fifth straight
victory over Real.
Xavi and Pedro put Barca two up within 17 minutes, while Villa
made it a night to remember at a packed Camp Nou with two goals
early in the second half and substitute Jeffren Suarez added a fifth
right at the end.
To add insult to injury for Madrid, they finished the match with
ten men after Sergio Ramos pushed Carles Puyol in the face late
on.
It was some revenge for Barca - and Guardiola - after Mourinho,
then coach of Inter Milan, knocked the Catalan side out of the Champions
League at the semi-final stage last season here.
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