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Surrounded by plenty of hype, Barcelona hosted Real Madrid in the first Clásico of the season in what turned out to be a historic event - for two reasons.
Firstly, this was the first Clásico of the VAR era. Also, it was the first clash between these two sides in over a decade that was played without either Lionel Messi, who is out injured, or Cristiano Ronaldo, who currently plays for Juventus, in the fray.
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Playing at home, Barcelona took the lead as early as the 11th minute through Philippe Coutinho's effort. Luis Suarez then converted a penalty which was awarded to Barcelona after consulting with VAR to make 2-0 in the 30th minute.
Marcelo gave the visitors some hope after scoring in the 50th minute, but Suarez came back with strikes in the 75th minute and 83rd minute to complete a stunning hat-trick and bury Real Madrid in the ground.
Arturo Vidal came off the bench for Barcelona in the 84th minute, and 3 minutes later, struck home Barcelona's 5th of the night.
As Barcelona completed a 4-1 thrashing of their arch-rivals, Twitter understandably erupted as fans from all across the world took to the social media platform to have their say.
Here's a look at some of the best tweets:
Real Madrid fans were clearly left devastated by the result
Ronaldo's absence was brought up yet again.
Of course, so was Messi's.
