Barcelona claimed El Clasico 2 – 0 . Lionel Messi was not to be denied.The same cannot be said of C Ronaldo unfortunately.He was pretty much denied alright.He came close with one of his trademark free kicks but that was as close as he got.Then all that remained was the trademark sulk.Messi on the other hand scored his 40th goal of the season off a brilliantly lobbed pass from Xavi.

Xavi was also the architect of the second goal- Pedro scoring off a pass from him.