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Barcelona moved one game away from lifting the 2024/25 La Liga title with a frankly ridiculous 4-3 victory over rivals Real Madrid.

“The only thing that matters is winning,” Hansi Flick declared ahead of a league-defining Clasico. The path to Barcelona’s recent triumphs hasn’t always been straightforward, and Sunday was no exception. Flick’s squad found themselves trailing for the seventh time in eight matches as Kylian Mbappe fired in a quick, record-breaking brace.

Madrid’s dominance was fleeting. Eric Garcia slipped into the penalty area to nod Barcelona back into contention just four minutes after Mbappe’s second goal, energizing a Montjuic crowd that was only beginning to witness the full extent of the game’s chaos.

Within a span of just two minutes, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha scored to put Barcelona 3-2 ahead, barely thirty minutes into the match. Carlo Ancelotti had little time to react to Yamal’s strike into the bottom corner before his Brazilian counterpart capitalized on a high turnover.

It was that ferocity of Barcelona’s press – miraculously undiluted despite the draining two-hour defeat to Inter in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final – which completely derailed Real Madrid. Lucas Vazquez couldn’t handle the intensity by the end of a blistering opening 45 minutes, limply giving up possession to Raphinha who combined with Ferran Torres to make it 4-2 at the interval.

Barcelona assumed control of a second half which wasn’t quite as deranged as the first period, yet it was Real Madrid who struck back through Mbappe. The Frenchman completed his hat-trick to add some tension to the final 20 minutes.

Madrid, the side more synonymous with late goals than any other, came close to penning another page in their legendary history of dramatic comebacks, only to be undone by the offside flag.

Fermin Lopez’s late disallowed goal took away little from a win which moved Barcelona seven points clear at La Liga’s summit with just three games remaining.

Lamine Yamal once again delivered on the biggest stage / David Ramos/GettyImages

*Ratings provided by FotMob*

Player

Rating

GK: Wojciech Szczesny

5.3/10

RB: Eric Garcia

7.8/10

CB: Pau Cubarsi

6.5/10

CB: Inigo Martinez

6.4/10

LB: Gerard Martin

6.2/10

CM: Frenkie de Jong

7.2/10

CM: Pedri

8.0/10

AM: Dani Olmo

6.4/10

RW: Lamine Yamal

8.9/10

ST: Ferran Torres

9.2/10

LW: Raphinha

9.0/10

SUB: Alejandro Balde (57′ for Martin)

6.5/10

SUB: Andreas Christensen (57′ for Cubarsi)

6.6/10

SUB: Hector Fort (77′ for Garcia)

6.0/10

SUB: Fermin Lopez (77′ for Olmo)

6.3/10

SUB: Gavi (89′ for Torres)

N/A

Subs not used: Inaki Pena (GK), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (GK), Ronald Araujo, Marc Casado, Ansu Fati, Pau Victor, Robert Lewandowski.

Kylian Mbappe had a good start to Sunday’s game / David Ramos/GettyImages

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Player

Rating

GK: Thibaut Courtois

5.5/10

RB: Lucas Vazquez

4.9/10

CB: Aurelien Tchouameni

6.0/10

CB: Raul Asencio

5.4/10

LB: Fran Garcia

5.4/10

CM: Federico Valverde

5.9/10

CM: Dani Ceballos

3.5/10

AM: Jude Bellingham

6.8/10

RW: Arda Guler

6.2/10

ST: Kylian Mbappe

9.5/10

LW: Vinicius Junior

7.9/10

SUB: Luka Modric (46′ for Ceballos)

6.8/10

SUB: Brahim Diaz (46′ for Guler)

6.6/10

SUB: Endrick (84′ for Vazquez)

N/A

SUB: Victor Munoz (88′ for Vinicius)

N/A

Subs not used: Andriy Lunin (GK), Sergio Mestre (GK), Jacobo Ramon, Jesus Vallejo, Youssef, Enriquez, Rodrygo.

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