La Liga leaves 12 games remaining, Barcelona needs to win 8 more matches and one draw to be sure to become champions this season. Xavi must maintain a 12-point advantage over Real Madrid to secure the La Liga trophy faster, Barcelona very consistent performance this season has made Real Madrid have to raise the white flag in the race for the La Liga title.
The last chance to reduce the points gap with Barcelona cannot be forgiven properly, this defeat is very painful for Real Madrid because of the four El Clasicos that have been played this season they have been humiliated three times by their rivals.
Barcelona not only won their home El Clasico, but they also won everything they lacked in the previous El Clasico in the Copa Del Rey.
Appearing pressing from the start of the match, Barcelona managed to make Real Madrid fail to develop a good game. I know that Real Madrid's goal was because Araujo failed to anticipate Vinicius' cross, but after that Barcelona showed their best performance.
Overall I think Barcelona's performance is very good. They played and dominated attacks in the heart of Real Madrid's defense and the high pressure they created made it easy for Real Madrid to lose the ball. This El Clasico was a different performance from Barcelona although I caught some defenders making silly mistakes which cost Real Madrid close to scoring their second goal. I think Thibaut Courtois deserved to win man of the match because of his brilliant performance, without him I think Real Madrid would have conceded more than 3 goals in that El Clasico.