Real Madrid Player Ratings Vs. Barcelona: Bellingham Back To His Best In Cathartic Clasico

In Xabi Alonso’s first Clásico connected nan touchline, Real Madrid snapped their four-game losing streak to Barcelona pinch a 2–1 triumph connected Sunday afternoon.

Los Blancos came into nan all-important fixture pinch redemption connected nan mind aft suffering 4 defeats to their biggest rivals past season. An electrical ambiance astatine nan Santiago Bernabéu group nan cleanable shape for nan biggest lucifer successful Spanish football.

A flurry of play and goals successful nan first half yet wished nan game. Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham sewage connected nan scoresheet for Real Madrid while Fermín López bagged Barcelona’s lone extremity of nan match.

The triumph for Alonso’s men puts nan 15-time European champions 5 points clear of their bitter rivals, firmly retaining their spot atop nan La Liga standings.

Jude Bellingham (left) and Kylian Mbappé starred for Real Madrid. / Maria Gracia Jimenez/Soccrates/Getty Images

*Ratings Provided by FotMob*

GK: Thibaut Courtois—6.9: Did not person overmuch to do astatine nan Bernabéu acknowledgment to his defense’s beardown performance.

RB: Federico Valverde—7.3: Filled successful admirably connected nan correct flank. The Uruguayan did good to limit Marcus Rashford’s effect connected nan game, but will beryllium an wounded interest moving forward.

CB: Éder Militão—8.0: An unsung hero. Militão stopped everything that came successful his path, making cardinal blocks and tackles to sphere Real Madrid’s victory.

CB: Dean Huijsen—7.4: Rose to nan juncture of his first Clásico. Huijsen hunkered down successful nan 2nd half to wholly stifle Ferran Torres.

LB: Álvaro Carreras—7.0: Had nan hardest duty connected nan transportation and delivered. Carreras silenced Lamine Yamal successful cardinal moments successful a redemptive capacity aft his struggles successful nan Madrid derby.

DM: Eduardo Camavinga—7.5: Produced protect efforts that won’t show up connected nan scoresheet, but merit praise. Camavinga’s tackling and velocity search backmost saved Real Madrid connected much than 1 occasion.

DM: Aurélien Tchouaméni—7.8: Hardly put a ft wrong. Tchouaméni was an effective shield arsenic immoderate successful beforehand of his backline connected Sunday afternoon.

RW: Arda Güler—6.4: A nonfactor. Güler all-but talented López his extremity and lacked value work successful nan last third.

AM: Jude Bellingham—8.3: Back to his best. Bellingham delivered a vintage performance, bagging a extremity and an assistance acknowledgment to his tenacious runs into nan container and elite imagination pinch nan shot astatine his feet.

LW: Vinícius Júnior—7.2: Got nan amended of Jules Koundé erstwhile it mattered most, but his nighttime will beryllium remembered for heading down nan passageway successful hysterics aft being subbed off.

ST: Kylian Mbappé—7.7: His missed punishment stains an different ascendant capacity successful which nan Frenchman utilized his velocity and finishing expertise to punish Barcelona.

Subs not used: Andriy Lunin (GK), Ferland Mendy, Fran García, Raúl Asencio, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Endrick, Franco Mastantuono.

Barcelona (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI: Wojciech Szczęsny; Jules Koundé, Eric García, Pau Cubarsí, Alejandro Balde; Frenkie de Jong, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Fermín López, Marcus Rashford; Ferran Torres.

Subs used: Ronald Araújo, Marc Casadó, Gerard Martín, Roony Bardghji.

Real Madrid Player of nan Match: Jude Bellingham

Player of nan Match: Wojciech Szczęsny (Barcelona)

Real Madrid 2–1 Barcelona—How It Unfolded astatine nan Santiago Bernabéu

Kylian Mbappé has now scored six goals against Barcelona since joining Real Madrid. / Mateo Villalba/Getty Images

Controversy took halfway shape successful El Clásico conscionable minutes aft nan opening whistle sounded. Lamine Yamal executed a mediocre tackle connected Vinícius Júnior wrong nan punishment area that promoted referee César Soto Grado to instantly constituent to nan spot, seemingly giving Real Madrid nan early edge.

Yet aft a VAR review, nan charismatic waved distant nan penalty and called a foul connected Vinícius successful a alternatively perplexing decision, 1 that dismayed nan oversea of achromatic shirts astatine nan Bernabéu.

VAR stole nan show erstwhile again successful nan 12th minute. Mbappé looked to put nan hosts successful beforehand pinch a sensational onslaught connected nan half-volley, but nan Frenchman’s extremity was disallowed successful a tight offside decision.

Still, it felt for illustration only a matter of clip earlier Mbappé sewage nan amended of Barcelona’s precocious line. At his adjacent opportunity, nan 26-year-old timed his tally to perfection and sewage connected nan extremity of a superb shot from Jude Bellingham to container his sixth profession El Clásico goal.

Real Madrid kept nan unit connected Barcelona, sending changeable aft changeable nan measurement of Wojciech Szczęsny, but could not find a 2nd goal. Instead, it was nan visitors to get connected nan scoresheet adjacent acknowledgment to a mediocre correction by Arda Güler.

The Türkiye world was indecisive successful possession astatine nan separator of his ain container and mislaid nan shot to Pedri, which yet led to nan Catalans’ equalizer. Marcus Rashford recovered a streaking López, who calmly made it 1–1 successful nan 38th minute.

Los Blancos had nan past laughter earlier halftime, though. Vinícius displayed a superb spot of accomplishment to get past Jules Koundé connected nan near flank earlier lofting a hopeful shot into nan box. Éder Militão headed it backmost crossed nan look of extremity to find Bellingham waiting to pat successful nan go-ahead goal.

Real Madrid had nan opportunity to return a two-goal lead almost consecutive retired of nan passageway erstwhile Eric García was whistled for a arguable handball wrong nan punishment area. Mbappé, though, saw his effort from 12 yards retired saved by Szczęsny.

The hosts’ biggest adversary connected nan nighttime was nan offside flag. Mbappé saw a 2nd extremity wiped distant for offsides astatine nan extremity of nan first half and Bellingham was besides denied a brace successful nan 70th minute.

Barcelona had a aureate chance to container an equalizer via Koundé, who recovered himself done connected extremity acknowledgment to a superb shot from Yamal, but nan defender squandered nan chance, efficaciously ending immoderate opportunity nan visitors had of getting backmost into nan game.

The title ended successful precocious play arsenic tensions boiled complete some connected nan transportation and nan touchline, pinch Pedri receiving a 2nd yellowish paper successful nan dying seconds of El Clásico. Still, Real Madrid will only attraction astir collecting 3 points.

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