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Real Madrid beat Barcelona
Real Madrid beat rivals Barcelona 2-1 at home in an entertaining, rain-soaked Clasico on Saturday to go top of La Liga.
Karim Benzema put the champions in charge at a soggy Alfredo Di Stefano stadium with a delightful back-heel in the 14th minute while a deflected Toni Kroos free kick doubled their lead in the 28th.
Barca hit back on the hour mark through Oscar Mingueza and the defender almost found the equaliser later on, while the Catalans had a huge penalty appeal waved away when Martin Braithwaite fell following a challenge by Ferland Mendy.
Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman was left fuming afterward by the decison to reward his side a penalty.
"First of all I want to say in the first half we weren't good, attacking or defending," Koeman said. "Second half we improved and I only ask that the referees get decisions right.
"It's a penalty and four minutes of extra time when the referee had three minutes with his shoulder issue. The penalty is clear."
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Real Madrid beat Barcelona
Real Madrid beat rivals Barcelona 2-1 at home in an entertaining, rain-soaked Clasico on Saturday to go top of La Liga.
Karim Benzema put the champions in charge at a soggy Alfredo Di Stefano stadium with a delightful back-heel in the 14th minute while a deflected Toni Kroos free kick doubled their lead in the 28th.
Barca hit back on the hour mark through Oscar Mingueza and the defender almost found the equaliser later on, while the Catalans had a huge penalty appeal waved away when Martin Braithwaite fell following a challenge by Ferland Mendy.
Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman was left fuming afterward by the decison to reward his side a penalty.
"First of all I want to say in the first half we weren't good, attacking or defending," Koeman said. "Second half we improved and I only ask that the referees get decisions right.
"It's a penalty and four minutes of extra time when the referee had three minutes with his shoulder issue. The penalty is clear."
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