Real Madrid vs Barcelona El Clasico Highlights: Madrid jump to top of the table with 3-1 win over Barca

El Clasico, Real Madrid vs Barcelona at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium highlights:

That brings us to the end of our coverage of the 250th El Clasico, with Real Madrid outperforming Barcelona in a 3-1 victory to jump to the top of the points table. A big thank you to everyone who joined in. We shift our focus to the Anfield, where Liverpool are taking on Manchester City in another marquee clash today, with the two heavyweights yet to score at halftime. Click here to follow live updates .

🏁 FT: @realmadriden 3-1 @FCBarcelona
⚽ @Benzema 12', @fedeevalverde 35', @RodrygoGoes 90'+1'; F. Torres 83'
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9.39 pm IST: FT Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona

Rodrygo’s penalty seals the deal for Real Madrid as they jump to the top of the La Liga table with a commanding 3-1 win over Barcelona, who suffer their first league defeat of the season!

9.35 pm IST: Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona

90+1’: GOAL! Rodrigo scores from the spot after Madrid are awarded a penalty in injury time! Ter Stegen guessed his direction correctly by diving to his left, but the shot is too powerful for the German to stop. That should be it as far as the season’s opening El Clasico’s concerned!

9.31 pm IST: Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona

87’: Ansu Fati nearly scores the equaliser just three minutes after Torres opens his team’s account, going for an awkward kick, with the ball dribbling past the goal post. Barca are making some impressive moves late in the game though! Benzema, meanwhile, is one of Madrid’s two changes after the strike, with Rudiger coming onto the field.

9.26 pm IST: Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona

83’: GOAL! Ferran Torres finally opens Barca’s account with eight minutes left, and Xavi’s men do have some hope after all! Torres, one of the three changes at the hour mark, collects Ansu Fati’s cross, which had a slight touch on Lewandowski’s foot along the way before calmly slotting it into the wide open goal.

9.20pm IST: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

78’: Ansu Fati nearly opens Barcelona’s account close to the 80th minute mark, his ambitious strike going just wide of Lunin, who desperately dives to his left and past the goal post. Meanwhile, Madrid substitute Luka Modric with Camavinga.

9.18 pm IST: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

74’: Lewandoski’s dragged down inside the Real Madrid box, and the Barcelona players along with coach Xavi go up in unison screaming penalty. The ref, however, isn’t convinced and orders play to go on. Barcelona are yet to be awarded a penalty this season.

9.14 pm IST: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

71’: Barca earn a free kick just outside the box after a rash challenge on Ousmane Dembele. Can Xavi’s men finally make it count after looking off-colour for 70 minutes? Lewandowski, though, can only smash the ball into the ball and Benzema safely dribbles it onto the midfield in the rebound.

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9.02 pm IST: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

60’: Manager Xavi sends Ferran Torres, Gavi and Jordi Alba onto the pitch as Barcelona make a triple substitution at the hour mark. They replace Raphina, Sergio Busquets and Alejandro Balde. Can the fresh legs on the field inspire a late turnaround for Barca?

8.54 pm IST: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

52’: OFFSIDE! Karim Benzema begins celebrating, thinking he’s scored a brace today, only to notice the assistant referee’s flag go up. Madrid, however, are on the offensive once again and constantly creating chances for themselves.

8.48 pm IST: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

46’: Karim Benzema, who scored the opening goal today, has the first touch of the ball after the referee’s whistle as the second half of the season’s opening Clasico is underway!

What a season he is having.

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— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) October 16, 2022

8.32 pm IST: HT Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

45’: End of the first half, one that has belonged completely to the home team as the Real Madrid players head back to the tunnel with a comfortable 2-0 lead. Barcelona coach Xavi, who has had a tough time with a string of losses of late, will want to have a word with misfiring side in the locker room, hoping to turn things around with a few inspiring words.

8.21 pm IST: Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona

35’: GOAL! After Benzema, it’s Federico Valverde’s chance to shine with an explosive strike that complete beats the diving Ter Stegen and doubles Madrid’s lead in front of their home crowd!

8.16 pm IST: Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona

30’: The ref issues the first yellow card of the season’s maiden El Clasico and it is awarded to Vinicius Jr for dissent after Toni Kroos’ challenge on Frenkie de Jong.

8.11 pm IST: Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona

25’: Barcelona’s talismanic striker and star summer signing Robert Lewandowski nearly equalises for the league leaders midway into the first half, putting in a slide at the far post, the ball unfortunately going over the net.

7.59 pm IST: Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona

12’: GOAL! Karim Benzema had not scored in a while before this, but ends his drought in the game that matters that most as he calmly slots in after a rebound from Barca keeper Ter Stegen.

7.53 pm IST: Here are the confirmed lineups for the marquee clash:

Real Madrid: Lunin, Carvajal, Militia, Alaba, Kroos, Benzema, Modric, Valverde, Tchouameni, Vinicius Jr, Mendy.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Sergio, Dembele, Pedri, Lewandowski, Roberto, De Jong, Raphinha, Kounde, Eric, Balde.

7:45 pm IST: Hello and welcome to our Live coverage of the first Clasico of the 2022-23 LaLiga season, with Real Madrid hosting current leaders Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu in what is considered the defining fixture of the season as well as one of the most keenly-watched games of football across the world.

Preview: Barcelona take Poland striker Robert Lewandowski to Real Madrid for his first Clasico.

Barcelona and Madrid are tied on points at the top of the league. The Catalan club is ahead on goal difference. Barcelona has conceded only one goal while scoring 20 through eight rounds. Madrid’s balance is 19 goals scored to seven allowed.

Lewandowski leads the league with eight goals in as many games and 12 goals in 14 matches overall including the Champions League.

Barcelona’s injury-hit defense has recovered Jules Koundé for the game, giving manager Xavi Hernandez more options as he tries to stop Madrid speedster Vinícius Júnior and his team-high five league goals.

Carlo Ancelotti will have all his first-choice players available except for injured goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. That means Ukrainian Andriy Lunin will be in Madrid’s net.

Barcelona won 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu last season, ending a streak of five losses to its fierce rival. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in that rout but he has since been sold to Chelsea following the arrival of Lewandowski.

With inputs from AP

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