Barcelona Historical triumphs

The proof of Barcelona's dominance in recent El Clasico fixtures at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu can be seen by the cumulative scoreline of 10-2 from their last three consecutive victories.

In the history of LaLiga, the Catalans had never before managed to win three away fixtures in a row against Real Madrid, but a comfortable 3-0 for the Blaugrana on Saturday ensured a historic run of results.

The first win of the three took place in the 2016/17 season with Luis Enrique on the bench.

A 4-0 final scoreline was a walk in the park, and it was notable because the game was already over as a contest before Lionel Messi entered the field of play.

Last season was a different story entirely.

The victory wasn't assured until Messi popped up with a last-kick-of-the-match winner in the 93rd minute.

On Saturday, Luis Suarez opened the scoring with Messi grabbing the second from the penalty spot.

It took the Argentinian's total for the season to 15 and put him further ahead of Simone Zaza who failed to find the net on week 17.