Jude Bellingham's double leaves Barca crawling on tight El 'Clasico Clash

Barcelona, 

Saturday, 28 October, 2023. 

McCreadie Andias 

England midfielder Jude Bellingham announced his appearance into the El Clasico in emphatic fashion scoring a brace including a 92nd minute winner that earned Real Madrid a a comeback over rivals Barcelona at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Saturday afternoon. 

Ilkay Gundogan had sent Barcelona ahead in just the opening six minutes with the Catalonias holding on to the lead comfortably into the 2nd half. 

Bellingham's stunner in the 68th minute levelled the scores, before the season sensation added the winner at stoppage time. 

Bellingham' joined the Los Blancos thus summer from Borussia Dortmund with the match being his El Clasico debut. 

Bellingham has now scored 13 times in all competitions for Los Blancos this season, and the result has moved Carlo Ancelotti's side onto 28 points in the table, four clear of third-placed Barcelona.

Injured Barcelona welcomed Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde and Raphinha back into their squad following injuries, with the trio starting on the bench, but Frenkie de Jong and Pedri both missed out despite being able to train on Friday.

On-loan Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo was selected further forward, joining Ferran Torres and Joao Felix in the front three, with Ronald Araujo moving across to right-back, while Fermin Lopez kept his spot in central midfield following his strong performance against Shakhtar Donetsk last time out.

The loss is Barcelona's First of the season.