Real Madrid 3 Barcelona 1: 10 best pictures from the first El Clasico of the season

Carlo Ancelotti’s men deliver a top performance to beat Barcelona 3-1 in the first El Clasico of the season. Goal from Cristiano Ronaldo – his 21st of the season – Pepe and Karim Benzema made sure that the home side will take all three points from the biggest game of the season so far. Barcelona on the other hand, failed to make any impact in the final third after Neymar opened the scoring with an early goal in the game.With the game done and dusted, let’s take a look at the 10 best pictures from the biggest football fixture in Europe.

#1 He is back - Suarez made his debut for Barcelona after his long-term ban from the game

Luis Suarez waving at the away fans ahead of the El Clasico kick-off. The Uruguayian made an instant impact as he created the first goal for Neymar inside the first four minutes of the game.

#2 Carlo Ancelotti vs Luis Enrique - the two managers go head to head for the first time

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti meets Barca manager Luis Enrique ahead of the kick-off.

#3 Neymar stuns the Bernabeu - Real Madrid 0 Barcelona 1

Neymar scored his 9^th league goal of the season inside 4 minutes of the game from a Luis Suarez cross.

#4 Real Madrid hit back immediately to make it 1-1

Barcelona and Claudio Bravo conceded their first league goal of the campaign after Gerard Pique conceded a soft penalty.

#5 Who else but Ronaldo with the goal!

Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot to make it 16 goals in this La Liga campaign – a total of 21 for club and country in 2014-15 season

#6 Pepe heads in another goal to make it 2-1 for the home side

Poor marking resulted in a comfortable goal for Pepe from a Toni Kroos corner

#7 Counter-attack. Goal. Game over!

Karim Benzema finishes a sweeping move from Real Madrid on the break to make it 3-1

#8 Lionel Messi looked lost in the biggest game of the season

The Argentinean had little influence on the match as his side failed to unlock the Real Madrid defence in the second half

#9 A job well done!

Carlo Ancelotti and Cristiano Ronaldo share a moment of relief at full-time

#10 At the end of the day, it\'s all about respecting your opponent

No off the ball antics, no sending offs – for a change, it was a less controversial encounter than expected