Real Madrid v Barcelona: How the players rated

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Cristiano Ronaldo's last goal for Real was in their home win against Las Palmas on 31 October

Barcelona took the honours in the first El Clasico of the La Liga season with a dominant 4-0 win at Real Madrid on Saturday.

Luis Suarez scored twice, while Neymar and Andres Iniesta also scored as Barcelona moved six points clear of Real at the top of the table.

BBC Sport reviews each player's performance, with BBC Radio 5 live co-commentator Chris Waddle, who was at the Bernabeu, giving his ratings out of 10.

Real Madrid

Keylor Navas (goalkeeper) 7

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Keylor Navas has conceded 13 goals in his four games against Barcelona

Danilo (defender) 5

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Danilo won 75% of his tackles against Barcelona

Raphael Varane (defender) 5

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Raphael Varane made just two tackles in the game, winning none of them

Sergio Ramos (defender) 5

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Sergio Ramos won 80% of his duels - more than any other Real Madrid player

Marcelo (defender) 4

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Marcelo was substituted after 59 minutes

James Rodriguez (midfielder) 6

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James Rodriguez had two shots on target, the joint most of any Real Madrid player (along with Cristiano Ronaldo)

Toni Kroos (midfielder) 4

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Toni Kroos completed 71 passes, the most of any Real Madrid player

Luka Modric (midfielder) 6

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Luka Modric won four free-kicks for Real Madrid

Gareth Bale (forward) 6

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Gareth Bale set up the most chances for Real Madrid (three)

Karim Benzema (forward) 5

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Prior to Saturday, Karim Benzema had scored four goals in his three league games against Barcelona at the Bernabeu

Cristiano Ronaldo (forward) 6

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Cristiano Ronaldo has failed to score in his last three games for Real Madrid

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Barcelona

Claudio Bravo (goalkeeper) 9

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Claudio Bravo made seven saves against Real Madrid

Dani Alves (defender) 8

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Dani Alves won all of his tackles and set up one chance for Barcelona

Gerard Pique (defender) 8

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Gerard Pique boasted the highest pass completion percentage of any Barcelona player (96.1%)

Javier Mascherano (defender) 7

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Javier Mascherano had successfully completed 19 of his 20 passes before he was substituted after 27 minutes

Jordi Alba (defender) 7

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Jordi Alba provided the assist for Luis Suarez to score his second of the game

Ivan Rakitic (midfielder) 7

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Ivan Rakitic had three attempts on goal before he was replaced by Lionel Messi after 57 minutes

Sergio Busquets (midfielder) 8

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Sergio Busquets successfully completed 21 forward passes

Andres Iniesta (midfielder) 9

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Andres Iniesta has scored and assisted in a Clasico for the first time in his career for Barcelona

Sergi Roberto (forward) 7

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Sergi Roberto has made four assists in La Liga this season, more than any other Barcelona player

Luis Suarez (forward) 8

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Luis Suarez's first goal came after a build up of 24 passes; the most for a La Liga goal so far this season

Neymar (forward) 8

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Nineteen of Barcelona last 20 league goals have been scored by either Neymar or Luis Suarez

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