TIL Desk Sports/ The La Liga El Clasico between champions FC Barcelona and Real Madrid ended in a 2-2 draw despite the former being reduced to 10 men at the half-time here on Sunday. Luis Suarez gave Barcelona the lead in the 10th minute, connecting a cross from Sergi Roberto from the right at the Camp Nou Stadium.
But third-placed Real Madrid took only four minutes to come up with the equaliser through a strike from Cristiano Ronaldo, who marked his 450th goal for the record European champions.
During the first-half injury time, Barcelona right-back Sergi Roberto appeared to throw a hand towards Madrid left-back Marcelo’s face in and was shown a red card.
Despite playing with a player short, Barcelona came out strongly in the second half, with Lionel Messi giving the Catalan outfit a 2-1 lead. Madrid struggled to break through with talisman Ronaldo being substituted by Marco Asensio following an injury.
Real Madrid restored parity after a Toni Kroos’ through ball to Welsh forward Gareth Bale saw the latter come up with a powerful finish at the left post in the 72nd minute. Four minutes later, Real thought they should have been awarded a penalty after Marcelo was brought down inside the box by Jordi Alba.
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