Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 at the Spotify Camp Nou in Jose Mourinho's first Clasico of his new spell on the bench. The result gave Madrid a fifth straight win and lifted them to third, three points behind Barcelona and one behind Atletico Madrid.
Result and table impact
The defeat was Barcelona's first La Liga loss of the season. Kylian Mbappe scored both goals for Real Madrid.
Goals and substitutions
Madrid's first goal came in the 41st minute when Gerard Martin's clearance hit Mbappe and went past Joan Garcia. Barcelona equalised in the 61st minute, when Raphinha scored after a short corner found Pedri.
Federico Valverde was replaced by Denzel Dumfries in the 62nd minute after carrying a knock since the first half. Eduardo Camavinga came on for Bernardo Silva in the 80th minute and set up Mbappe's winning goal.
Team news
Thibaut Courtois withdrew late with flu, so Andriy Lunin started in goal for Real Madrid and made five saves. Vinicius Junior was suspended.
Barcelona right-back Xavi Espart went off in the 30th minute after an early challenge from Aurelien Tchouameni.
Match numbers
Barcelona had 62% of possession, completed 644 passes to Madrid's 385 and had 17 shots to nine. Real Madrid finished with an expected goals figure of 1.98 against Barcelona's 1.26 and launched five counter-attacks to Barcelona's two.