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La Liga Review: Madrid stun Barca in Clasico, Atletico close gap

A 10-man Real Madrid came from behind to pull off a stunning 2-1 win against rivals and La Liga leaders Barcelona at the Camp Nou on Saturday. 

After a scoreless first half, it was Barca's Gerard Pique who opened the scoring in the Clasico courtesy of a 56th-minute header.

Barca's lead did not last long, however, with Karim Benzema's stunning overhead kick levelling proceedings just six minutes later. 

Gareth Bale had what appeared to be a legitimate goal controversially ruled out, before Madrid were reduced to 10 men following Sergio Ramos' second bookable offence. 

The win moved Madrid to within seven points of Barca with seven games left to play. 

Barca's slip-up meant second-placed Atletico Madrid moved to within six points of the Catalan club thanks to their 5-1 thumping of Real Betis. 

Ruben Castro pulled one back for Betis with 11 minutes remaining but Griezmann scored his second to restore Atletico's three-goal lead, and Thomas Partey capped off the big win in the closing stages.

Valencia's first game since Gary Neville's sacking as head coach ended in a 2-1 defeat away to Las Palmas. 

Things went from bad to worse for Valencia just eight minutes later when Shkodran Mustafi's comical own goal condemned Valencia to a 13th loss in 31 league games. 

Celta Vigo missed out on the chance to keep pace with fourth-placed Villarreal after being held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Deportivo La Coruna.