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Goals from Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham earned Real Madrid a 2-1 triumph implicit Barcelona successful a spiky El Clasico connected Sunday (October 25, 2025) that snapped a four-match losing streak against their rivals and extended their pb atop the LaLiga standings.
Mbappe opened the scoring successful the 22nd infinitesimal with a close-range decorativeness aft a perfectly timed done shot from Bellingham. However, Barcelona capitalised connected a mistake by Arda Guler to equalise successful the 38th infinitesimal done Fermin Lopez.
Real regained the pb 5 minutes aboriginal erstwhile Bellingham tapped successful from wrong the six-yard container pursuing an inspired tally and transverse by Vinicius Jr.
Real had respective chances but were denied by an fantabulous show from Barca keeper Wojciech Szczesny, who kept retired Mbappe's punishment aboriginal successful the 2nd half.
Barcelona hardly threatened Real keeper Thibaut Courtois aft the interruption and finished the lucifer with 10 men aft midfielder Pedri earned a 2nd yellowish paper for a sliding tackle from down connected Aurelien Tchouameni successful added time.
The closing stages were marked by play arsenic Vinicius Jr reacted angrily to being substituted by manager Alonso, storming down the passageway earlier returning to the bench.
The Brazilian was aboriginal progressive successful a heated speech betwixt players from some sides, prompting Spanish constabulary to intervene and forestall a full-scale brawl.
Real moved to 27 points astatine the apical of the LaLiga standings, 5 up of Barcelona successful second.
After 4 consecutive defeats to Barcelona crossed 3 competitions, Real Madrid entered the lucifer similar a squad that was desperately successful request of a connection triumph to validate the task of caller manager Xabi Alonso.
Penalty overturned
Real applied a relentless precocious property from the get-go and, roared connected by a sold-out Santiago Bernabeu crowd, they cornered Barcelona successful a lucifer that started with contention arsenic referee Cesar Soto Grado overturned a punishment for Real Madrid aft a VAR review.
The authoritative ruled that Vinicius Jr had kicked Lamine Yamal's limb portion attempting a shot, reversing his archetypal decision.
But it wasn’t the archetypal telephone that near the Real Madrid players and manager fuming astatine the referee and a fewer minutes aboriginal Mbappe had a stunning long-range onslaught ruled retired for offside, contempt replays suggesting Barcelona's Lopez whitethorn person been the past to interaction the ball.
Real Madrid kept piling connected the pressure, dominating proceedings with implicit 75% of possession successful the archetypal half-hour but they were frustrated by Szczesny who made immoderate singular saves to contradict Mbappe, Dean Huijsen and Vinicius Jr from adjacent range.
Their persistence paid disconnected erstwhile Mbappe latched onto Bellingham's done shot and slotted location to interruption the deadlock, but Barcelona equalised against the tally of play pursuing Guler's mistake.
Real past responded emphatically, with Vinicius Jr tormenting Barcelona's defence.
The Brazilian winger created Real's 2nd goal, breezing past Frenkie De Jong and Jules Kounde connected the near helping earlier delivering a transverse that Eder Militao headed backmost into the way of Bellingham, who tapped into an bare nett successful the 43rd minute.
Real had respective chances to widen their pb aboriginal successful the 2nd half, including a punishment awarded for Eric Garcia's handball.
However, Szczesny, Barcelona's standout performer, denied Mbappe with a superb one-handed save, adding to his drawstring of important interventions that kept the visitors successful the game.
Despite enjoying much possession successful the last 30 minutes, Barcelona lacked creativity successful onslaught and failed to occupation Courtois portion their frustrations were compounded erstwhile Pedri received a 2nd yellowish card.
