Rakitic: Few teams in the world can win at the Bernabeu twice in three days LaLiga Santander - Real Madrid vs Barcelona Not considering the league title race as over

Real Madrid's slim hopes of winning the LaLiga Santander title this term were dealt a major blow by Ivan Rakitic's winning goal in Saturday's Clasico and the Croatian is proud of his side's back-to-back wins in the fixture.

On Wednesday, the Blaugrana booked their passage into the Copa del Rey final with a 3-0 victory, and followed that with a 1-0 triumph on Saturday.

"There aren't many teams in the world that can win here twice in three days," he explained after the match.

"We're very proud of the work we've done.

"It was deserved, we had to fight and we did just that."

Ernesto Valverde was left concerned by his team's inability to retain possession in the midweek clash and instead elected to start Arthur in the second encounter between the two teams within a week, signifying a clear change of strategy.

"We started very well, creating chances and were comfortable," Rakitic said of the performance.

"They pressed in the second half, but we were able to close them down well."

Many may consider Los Blancos to be out of the title race and, with Atletico Madrid currently 10 points adrift of the Blaugrana, you'd be forgiven for thinking the defending champions are in a comfortable position.

Yet Rakitic isn't thinking like that.

"With all due respect to Real Madrid, there is still a lot of work for us to do," he added.

"We've taken an important step, but have to keep going.

"Today we have to enjoy the result together, something for all Barcelona fans to enjoy."