Barca beat Madrid 4-0 in thrilling El Clasico
Barcelona stun archrivals Real Madrid in a four-goal El Clasico thriller on Sunday night with ex-Arsenal reject, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring a brace and an assist.
Real Madrid had won the past five Clasico meetings and it was expected that they would extend the run even though they were without injured Karim Benzema.
Capitalizing on Benzema’s absence and the lethal form of new striker Aubameyang who announced his Clasico debut with a fantastic brace, the visiting Catalan giants thrashed Madrid 4-0 at the Bernabeu.
Aubameyang had drawn the first blood in the 29th minute through an Ousmane Dembele assist before defender Roland Araujo doubled the lead for Barcelona in the first half.
The visitors continued their dominance in the second half as Fernando Torres added a third two minutes after the break before Aubameyang sealed the rout following another Dembele assist on 51 minutes.
Real Madrid looked uninspired and created very few chances as their lead over Sevilla at the top of La Liga remained at nine points.
The result of the match meant that Barcelona stretched their unbeaten run to 12 games and rose up to third in the table, 12 points behind Real with a game in hand.
Meanwhile, in England, Premier League top two teams Manchester City and Liverpool have been drawn against one another in the FA Cup semi-final.
Crystal Palace, who beat Everton 4-0 and have never won the FA Cup, will face Chelsea in a London derby in the other game.
Liverpool were made to work hard against Nottingham Forest but eventually progressed thanks to Diogo Jota’s goal.
The semi-final ties will both be held at Wembley on the weekend of 16 and 17 April.
