Messi and Neymar have helped Barca to dominate but even the best get humiliated sometimes....
#3 Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid – 21st April 2012
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winner as Real Madrid put a nail into Pep Guardiola’s coffin at Barca
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The wheels ended up coming off Guardiola’s Barca in the 2011-12 season and this was the defeat that signalled the end of an era – it was sandwiched between Barca’s Champions League semi-final games against Chelsea which they also lost (3-2 on aggregate), and it was after the second Chelsea game that Guardiola announced he would be stepping down from his post.
The loss at home to Real had to sting most, though. Not only did it essentially hand Real the title for the first time since 2008, but it was also Barcelona’s first home defeat in 55 games.
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Barca looked jaded from the off and were beaten by a masterful display of counter-attacking from Jose Mourinho’s Real side.were beaten by a masterful display of counter-attacking from Jose Mourinho’s Real side.
The winner was scored by – who else? – Cristiano Ronaldo, who found the goal after Alexis Sanchez had cancelled out Sami Khedira’s scrambled opener.
While there’s no shame in a loss to Real for most clubs, it’s a little different for Barcelona, and this being a truly terrible performance – the Catalans didn’t have a shot on target until 70 minutes – puts it up there with the most humiliating in recent times.
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