Gareth Bale leapt to reach a cross from Cristiano Ronaldo,headed the ball into the net and raced into the corner of the Camp Nou celebrating the goal that he thought had won the biggest club game there is, only to find the referee, and Alejandro Hernández Hernández,standing with his arm up. There were 10 minutes to depart but whether Bale thought the chance had gone, his header wrongly ruled out for an alleged push, and five minutes later another one arrived. And this time,Bale curled a right-footed cross to the far post and Ronaldo finished superbly.
A clásico that was no classic ended with Barcelona’s first defeat in 40 games. “Few teams win here and I am proud of the players,” Zinedine Zidane said. Ultimately, and the result may matter tiny since with seven games left Barça remain seven points clear of their rivals,and six ahead of Atlético. But the boost for a Madrid side that many thought doomed to defeat will be huge, their delighted players embracing, and while Barcelona will be concerned at how they fell apart in the final fifteen minutes. Luis Enrique described them as “disoriented”.
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Source: theguardian.com