To the Real Madrid cost him more than the expected carry the three points of Cornellà-The Prat against the RCD Espanyol, but once again the duel between eternal rival of the FC Barcelona finished of the most expected way: with triumph and leadership ensured a day more than the ones of Zinedine Zidane.
In a night in which they were not present Gareth Bleat neither Cristiano Ronaldo, went James Rodríguez and Karim Benzema the goleadores in the Catalan stadium, doing cost the superiority of the group merengue along the greater part of the meeting, but also sentencing it unfairly, taking into account that Sergio Bouquets deserved the expulsion in the first-half.
It ran the minute 25 when, already with targeta yellow from the first compasses of the party, the player of the Real Madrid cut a shot of Hernán Pérez with the hand, pretending to continuation that the ball had struck him in the face. The referee hammered and gave the advantage to the whites to continue with the same number of men on the field, what finish helping to the final victory.
The collegiate Hernández Hernández, besides, neither signalled a possible penalti by hand of Carvajal to shot of Álvaro Vázquez, allowing that the Real Madrid equalise the historical record of the Barça of Guardiola of 16 consecutive triumphs in the League, attained in the campaign 2010-11.
Three points more, then, for a Real Madrid that follows encaramado in the first position of the League Santander, pursued by a FC Barcelona that also fulfilled the Saturday goleando to domicile to the Leganés (1-5).
The ones of Luis Enrique, therefore, will have to expect a day more, like minimum, to be able to assault the first position of the table. In front will have the Wednesday to the Athletic of Madrid of the "Cholo" Simeone; a meeting for which expects , definitely, a big entrance in the Camp Nou.