Cristiano Ronaldo's dramatic 24 minutes

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Ronaldo's start to the evening was pretty uneventful, sitting on the bench and watching his team take on Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

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He was brought on as a substitute in the 58th minute, with his side, Real Madrid, leading 1-0.

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Messi then levelled the score to 1-1 but it wasn't long before Ronaldo scored this classic, running from halfway.

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Cutting inside to the edge of the box, he was unstoppable.

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Barcelona's goalkeeper could only watch as Ronaldo's brilliant effort flew past him.

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To celebrate, Ronaldo then took off his shirt and held it up. But he was booked for it and showed a yellow card.

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Shortly after, he went down next to Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti. Ronaldo felt he should have been given a penalty but he was booked instead for diving.

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That was his second yellow card of the match, so the referee got out his red card.

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Ronaldo then started to argue with the ref and appeared to push him in the back.

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But there was no going back and he was sent off. He has been given an automatic one-match suspension for being shown two yellow cards, with a further four-match ban for pushing the match official.

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A pretty dramatic appearance in just 24 minutes.