3 things that went wrong for Real Madrid against Barcelona
The fourth El Clasico of the season ended in a draw after both Real Madrid and Barcelona scored two goals each. With this result, Barcelona are likely to end the season as invincibles as they are yet to lose a game in the league.
Luis Suarez started the scoring for Barcelona, thanks to a brilliant cross from Sergi Roberto and Real Madrid equalised soon after with a similar goal with Cristiano Ronaldo getting the final touch to a Karim Benzema header.
Towards the end of first half, Roberto got a direct red card and was sent off. While everyone expected Real Madrid to run riot against the 10 men of Barcelona, Lionel Messi put the hosts ahead with a brilliant goal. Yet again, Real Madrid equalised with a similar goal as Gareth Bale curled a Marco Asensio pass into the near post from the edge of the box.
Neither team found the back of the goal again and Andreas Iniesta's final El Clasico ended 2-2. Let us take a look at what went for Real Madrid in the season's final El Clasico.
#3 Madrid struggled to deal with Barcelona's pressing in the second half
The first 45 minutes of the El Clasico was completely entertaining as both the teams had scored a goal each and there was a lot of drama going on. The game was well poised for an entertaining second half and that's when referee Hernandez Hernandez got a call miserably wrong.
Barcelona right-back Sergi Roberto was sent off for slapping Marcelo, who held his face and went down in pain, in an off the ball incident that was very debatable. The replays suggested that Roberto's hands hit Marcelo on his shoulder and the Brazilian fell down immediately.
This gave Real Madrid a man's advantage and still, the visitors just managed to hold Barcelona for a 2-2 draw, thanks to the hosts' intense pressing in the second half. Real succumbed to Barcelona's tight pressing as they gave away the ball on a lot of occasions.