Real Madrid vs Barcelona

 Barcelona demolished Real Madrid at the Bernabeu to take a six-point lead in La Liga.

Hansi Flick’s side were rampant at the home of their fierce rivals, frustrating Kylian Mbappe with their well-organised offside trap in the first half and then striking four times after the break.

Robert Lewandowski scored in the 54th and 56th minutes, his 13th and 14th goals in La Liga this season, to put Barcelona in control. Then Lamine Yamal scored his first Clasico goal in the 77th minute before the in-form Raphinha added a fourth with six minutes left to play.

The result takes Barcelona to 30 points at the top of the table, six clear of Madrid. Here, our writers analyse the key talking points.

How Barcelona caught Mbappe offside again and again

As many expected, Barcelona’s offside trap was a key talking point in the first half.

Barca caught Bayern Munich offside just twice in the first half in midweek, but they quadrupled that number in the opening 45 minutes at the Bernabeu, with Kylian Mbappe contributing to six of those.

The first prominent offside came just two minutes in. As seen below, with Pau Cubarsi closing down Eduardo Camavinga and Jules Kounde worried about Vinicius Junior behind him, Mbappe found himself in acres of space but went just a fraction early.

The same duo combined again in the 14th minute, this time from further up the pitch. Mbappe found space between the Barca centre-backs, but mistimed his run again.

Five minutes later, it happened again. This time, Mbappe popped up on the other flank, with Alejandro Balde pushing up the pitch as he often does in Hansi Flick’s set-up, but the Frenchman was offside by some distance.

The final instance within the match’s opening 30 minutes was the most marginal of them all, as Mbappe raced through the gap between Inigo Martinez and Cubarsi again, but mistimed his run.