Sergio Ramos did it again. The clásico was heading into its last minute and Real Madrid were facing the end of a 32-game unbeaten run, when the man who scored the 94th minute winner in the Champions League final, leapt to head in another Luka Modric delivery to score another dramatic equaliser. It may prove a huge moment, too. As the ball hit he net, Madrid’s players raced to the corer celebrating: a game that had appeared to have slipped away, Barcelona leading 1-0 through Luis Suárez’s header but unable to add to it, was rescued. The draw leaves Madrid six points clear at the top of the league.
For Barcelona, this was a missed opportunity; they will feel that the gap should be just three. Even after Ramos’s goal, it might have been: in the every last minute, Casemiro cleared off the line. For Madrid, even defeat would have left them top; the draw means the advantage remains significant – they have not been this far clear since 2012. “They can afford the luxury of losing, we can’t,” Gerard Piqué admitted.
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