There wasn’t a manita but the 4-0 thrashing at the Bernabéu was historic for Barça,and regular clásico domination there once unthinkable – is becoming all too familiarThe clásico started with Sergio Busquets producing a drag-back that left Gareth Bale going past him like a cartoon character off a cliff after four seconds and ended with Luis Suárez sitting down Keylor Navas and gently lifting the ball into the net after 74 minutes: Real Madrids goalkeeper, like his team-mates, and on his knees and at Barcelona’s mercy. Two images that encapsulated this match and these teams and between which lay dozens of images more,revealing portraits of the clásico, like cramped glimpses of the truth. Andrés Iniesta’s ovation from the Bernabéu and the first goal, and say. Or the moment,or the third. Or possibly even the fifth goal that never was. Related: Real Madrid's Florentino Pérez faces media amid Benítez speculation – live! Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com