Saturday, 25th October, 2014
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos believes his side were worthy winners in El Clasico today, after they beat Barcelona 3-1 at the Bernabeu.
Los Blancos fell behind when Neymar collected a ball from Luis Suarez and cut inside, unleashing a shot into the back of the net to put Barcelona ahead in just the third minute.
However, a Gerard Pique handball allowed Cristiano Ronaldo the chance to draw Real Madrid level from the penalty spot and he made no mistake, making it 1-1 in the 35th minute.
Pepe then put Real Madrid in the lead in the 50th minute, before Karim Benzema made sure of the points by scoring just after the hour mark.
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And Ramos was delighted with Real Madrid's display in front of the home crowd.
"It's just three points but an encounter with Barcelona is different. We took a big step forward by winning and doing so in the manner we did, with a great deal of sacrifice and hard work", he told his club's site.
"It was a Real Madrid that controlled possession a lot and read the phases of the game well. The scoreline is fair."
The defender also feels that Real Madrid were able to move up the pitch and take control of the game, rather than waiting for counter attacks.
"We won with a lot of authority. Normally we use the counter-attacks to hurt a team like Barcelona but today we were able to move up into the opposition half and keep the ball, which is when they suffered most.
"It was a very big effort by the team and we're going home happy to have closed the gap and won in this way."
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