Barcelona vs Real Madrid LIVE SCORE: Barca win SEVEN-goal thriller and edge close to title despite Mbappe hat-trick
BARCELONA have one hand on the La Liga title after beating bitter rivals Real Madrid in a SEVEN-goal thriller!
Kylian Mbappe converted from the penalty spot before scoring a second to put Los Blancos two up.
Ryan Garcia then scored a well-timed header to pull one back for the hosts.
Lamine Yamal then equalised before Raphinha struck a double of his own to put Barcelona 4-2 ahead.
Mbappe did go on to get his hat-trick goal, but reminiscent to the World Cup final, he was on the losing side.
- RESULT: Barcelona 4-3 Real Madrid
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Barcelona lost, won, won again in a topsy-turvy El Classico that all but decided the LaLiga title race as the Blaugrana go SEVEN points clear with three games to go.
Shame is the word trending in Madrid, but satisfaction will be gleed across the city of Catalonia.
Barca complete the clean sweep over their bitter rivals, let the celebrations begin!
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Not taking the defeat well in Madrid...
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Mbappé consolation
If there's one player that can go back to the capital with a bit of solace in their performance, its Kylian Mbappé.
The French superstar notched himself a hat-trick and in the process went back ahead of Robert Lewandowski in the Golden Boot race - and a record-holder too.
Mbappé surpasses Iván Zamorano's 37 goals and is now Real Madrid's best debutante ever.
Iván Zamorano, in 1992-93, scored 37 goals in 45 matches (0.82 average) but Mbappé's 39 now holds the record.
*Only Di Stéfano and Hugo Sánchez finished as top scorers in their first season at the White House.
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It's not confirmed yet, but soon Barcelona will be able to claim that their once again top of the LaLiga pops - pipping the two Madrid clubs in the process.
The numbers have suggested in direct match-ups, the Catalans have got too much firepower.
Barcelona have scored 32 goals against Madrid clubs this season with Real conceding the bulk of them: 17 goals in 4 Clasicos in all competitions.
Some incredible boosting stats from a Barcelona perspective. Not so much if you're of a Madrid contingent.
Flick has his say on Clásico win
Hansi Flick speaking in his post-match press conference: "It's not always fun for me, but I'm happy with the way we're playing. Football is a game of mistakes. We have to minimize them."
"The key to everything is intensity during the training sessions.
"Winning 4 Clasicos means a lot to the fans. Now we focus on winning the next match."
Credit: EPA What next for Ancelotti?
Well, its been heavily reported that the Italian coach will leave at the end of the season with Xabi Alonso waiting in the wings to succeed.
With the league all but done, there's further possibility that this could be Ancelotti's last game in charge.
Ancelotti has NEVER defended a league title in his career.
Regardless his future lays elsewhere with the Brazilian national team and Saudi side Al Hilal circling for his signature.
Credit: Getty 'No problem with Rodrygo' - Ancelotti
More fallout from Real Madrid's season-defining defeat
The non-involvement of Rodrygo will rumble on in the next passing days with his future ferociously thrown into doubt.
Carlo Ancelotti on Rodrygo not coming off the bench: "There is no problem with Rodrygo, he was sick, he tried to recover, but he's not well yet, so he didn't play.
"Rodrygo wasn't at 100%, that's why he didn't play."
Ancelotti speaks after El Clásico
Carlo Ancelotti speaking post-match to assorted media: "We did bad defensively, but we can't forget, we are missing five defenders."
"It's not that we defended badly because we went into a deep block. We just defended badly, that's it."
"In a game like this, we have to attack well and defend well. We attacked well."
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Real Madrid's remaining games
If Real Madrid lose to Mallorca, Barcelona will win the league without taking to the pitch.
- Mallorca (H) - 14th May
- Sevilla (A) - 18th May
- Real Sociedad (H) - 25th May
Barcelona's remaining games
If Barcelona avoid defeat Espanyol they will win the league title, but could win it earlier depending on the result of Real Madrid's next fixture.
- Espanyol (A) - 15th May
- Villarreal (H) - 18th May
- Athletic Club (A) - 25th May
Full-time scenes
Barcelona celebrate like they've won the league or something...
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Here's how the game played out:
Yamal speaks after win
"We have to correct some things, we always give them easy goals," says Lamine Yamal in his on-pitch post-match interview.
"We could've scored more."
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As title deciders go, that exceeds it beyond belif.
It had everything and more: goals, disallowed goals, battles. The lot.
Barcelona did most of the work in the first as Mbappe sealing his hattrick late midway through the second half was not enough with a host of disallowed goals merely playing into the drama.
Barcelona go seven points clear at the top of LaLiga with three games to go!
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96 - That's surely it and what a way to end it. Surely?
Substitution Fermin receives the ball on the turn and bends a stunning curler.
But, in the build-up, Fermin sees the ball clip his hand and the goal is disallowed. Celebrations are momentarily cut.
GOAL - Fermin (Barcelona)
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93 - Barca have the ball where they want it: deep in Madrid's half, in fact, in the corner.
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90 - Six minutes added on here.
Mbappe bends his run to beat the Barcelona line but has his shot parried away by Szczesny.
The resulting corner sees the ball in the back of the Barca net but Tchouameni's header is interfered by offside Mbappe and the equaliser is cancelled in a hurry.
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89 - CLOSE!
Debutante Munoz finds himself through on the Barca goal and displays why that's his first touch as he cocks the shot wide.
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87 - Vinicius limps off - to Barca whistle - for the debut of Victor Munoz.
And Gavi comes on for his 150th Barcelona appearances as Ferran makes way.
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86 - For those wondering, the referee is Alejandro José Hernández Hernández.
Only 24 games ever officiated for the 43-year-old - none for Barcelona - and he has handled this game expertly so far.
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83 - A goal-chasing move from The Whites.
Young attacker Endrick enters the fray for right-back Lucas Vasquez.
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82 - Penalty denied!
A crucial decision in a vert tense situation as the referee maintains his initial decision.
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81 - The referee will head to the video not without contest from each side on and off the pitch.