Real Madrid ease to El Clasico win over Barcelona

Goals from Benzema, Valverde and Rodyrgo took Madrid back to the top of the table.

Real Madrid comfortably defeated Barcelona 3-1 in the first Clasico of the season.

The win on Sunday also took Real back to the top of the La Liga league, now leading Barcelona by three points.

Karim Benzema and Fede Valverde put Madrid 2-0 up in the first half and Carlo Ancelotti’s men played the rest of the match in cruise control.

A late Ferran Torres goal raised hopes of an unlikely Barcelona comeback but Madrid went down the other end and won a penalty in added time that Rodyrgo scored to further the gloss to their performance.

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