Mbappe's late goal gives Real Madrid a 2-1 Clasico win and ends Barcelona's perfect league start
A compact Anadolu/Bernama report with the 87th-minute counterattack, the record Barcelona just missed, and the new all-time head-to-head count.
Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou on Sunday, Oct. 25, with Kylian Mbappe scoring both goals, Bernama reports from Anadolu. Madrid led just before halftime when Gerard Martin's attempted clearance hit Mbappe and went in; Barcelona captain Raphinha equalized in the 61st minute. In the 87th minute, substitute Eduardo Camavinga carried the ball upfield and squared it for Mbappe to finish into an empty net.
Barcelona had been trying to set a record for consecutive wins at the start of a Spanish top-flight season, but stopped at nine, tying the mark Real Madrid set in 1968-69. Barcelona stayed top of the table.
The result put Real Madrid one ahead in the all-time Clasico record, which had been level at 106 wins each with 52 draws.
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El Clásico
After exploring BERNAMA - Mbappe Brace Gives Real Madrid 2-1 El Clasico Victory, the century-old rivalry is unpacked in El Clásico.
El Clásico is the name for any match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, one of sport's fiercest rivalries, with a global audience of hundreds of millions.
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