Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona: La Liga – as it happened

• 9.51pm GMT 21:51 Full time: Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona
• 9.12pm GMT 21:12 GOAL! Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona (Aubameyang 53)
• 9.07pm GMT 21:07 GOAL! Real Madrid 0-3 Barcelona (Torres 47)
• 8.48pm GMT 20:48 Half time: Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona
• 8.41pm GMT 20:41 GOAL! Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona (Araujo 38)
• 8.32pm GMT 20:32 GOAL! Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona (Aubameyang 29)
• 7.00pm GMT 19:00 Preamble

Peep peep! It’s a famous night for Xavi’s resurgent Barcelona. They have hammered Real Madrid 4-0 at the Bernabeu, and it would have been more but for Thibaut Courtois. Real, without Karim Benzema, were fifty shades of shambles, but Barcelona shouldn’t care about that. They scored some fine goals, two from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and confirmed their status as the form team in Spain. More to the point, they won 4-0 at the Bernabeu!

88 min Lucas Vazquez and Nico Gonzalez are both booked for fouls in the space of a few seconds.

86 min Two changes for Barcelona: Dani Alves and Nico Gonzalez replace Pedri and Jordi Alba.

85 min Lucas Vazquez misses a decent chance, slapping a bouncing ball over the bar.

84 min “The fifth goal,” says Phil Podolsky, “should be scored by a sub no one’s ever heard of or will hear of again!”

I’m disappointed to see he didn’t end up at Stoke.

83 min Valverde shoots over from distance.

82 min Camavinga is booked for a robust challenge on Busquets. He got the ball but sent Busquets up in the air as well.

80 min A change for Barcelona: Adama Traore replaces Ousmane Dembele, who made both goals in the first half.

79 min A fierce shot from a tight angle by Alaba is shovelled away by ter Stegen.

79 min “Is this simply a lack of confidence for Real Madrid’s playing without their talisman or is this the kinda squad Chelsea can dispatch as easy as last year?” asks Rob Coughlin.

I think Chelsea will beat them easily again, with or without Benzema.

78 min A snap-volley from Memphis is well saved by Courtois, diving to his right.

77 min Asensio shoots over from Alaba’s cutback. A half chance at best.

76 min Barcelona still look hungry for more goals, which is no surprise given how many famous 5-0 wins there have been in this fixture.

75 min Jordi Alba is booked for a lunging tackle on Vinicius.

73 min It should be 5-0. The hapless Eder Militao diverts Memphis’s pass to Dembele, who beats Militao again before dragging a shot wide from 12 yards.

72 min “Arsenal,” says Charles Antaki, “are looking for a striker.”

71 min No hat-trick for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. He is going off, as is Frenkie de Jong. They’re replaced by Gavi and Memphis.

69 min This result means that Madrid are nine points clear with nine games to go. They’ll surely end up as champions, but this has been a seriously chastening night.

65 min Vinicius has a shot blocked by Araujo.

64 min Courtois flies to his right to repel a rasping shot on the run from Ferran Torres. This is ridiculous; Courtois has been Real’s best player and they’re 4-0 down.

64 min Carlo Ancelotti moves a couple more deckchairs: Nacho and Rodrygo are replaced by Lucas Vazquez and Marco Asensio.

63 min Modric is booked for a bad foul on Dembele.

61 min Another chance for Aubameyang, who shoots tamely at Courtois after a header down from de Jong. He could have scored five goals tonight.

61 min Rodrygo makes a bit of space in the area but shoots straight at ter Stegen. I can’t quite believe this scoreline.

60 min “Hi there Rob,” says Max Ferrer. “Regarding James Bolle’s kit comment, it should be noted that this is Barça’s fourth kit this season. Why wear the fourth when none of the first three would have clashed with black? Perhaps because it’s the kit featuring the Senyera, the ‘national’ flag of Catalunya. As the team of the anti-Catalan dictator Francisco Franco, Madrid seem like the perfect opponents against which to wear the region’s flag. I can’t say whether or not El Clásico is dead, but perhaps regional spite and Catalan pride aren’t.”

58 min Aubameyang misses a wonderful chance for a hat-trick! Jordi Alba played a one-two with Torres and curled a superb low cross to the far post. Aubameyang met it on the run but sliced his shot wide.

57 min It’s Real Madrid 0-4 Barcelona.

56 min We’ve just seen a replay of the fourth goal, and it turns out Torres was being played onside by Alaba on the other side of the pitch.

55 min Here’s the third goal.