SporstJOE's one-word player ratings: Real Madrid's players are still trying to get a touch

What on earth has Rafa Benitez done to Real Madrid?

Benitez has traditionally been slated for being too defensive, too conservative, too hesitant to attack but all of his defensive magic dust was nowhere to be seen as Barcelona romped to victory in the Bernabeu on Saturday evening. The men in white were made to look extraordinarily ordinary and inconceivably out of ideas by the footballing exhibition put on Barcelona. Here's how we viewed the players... We kept it short and sweet.

Real Madrid

Keylor Navas - Helpless Danilo - Rattled Sergio Ramos - Injured Rafael Varane - Breakfast

Marcelo - Clearance Luka Modric - Bossed Toni Kroos - Anonymous James Rodriguez - Iniesta'ed Cristiano Ronaldo - Cranky

Karim Benzema - Unfit Gareth Bale - Predictable Substitutions Carvajal (56) - Temper Isco (59) - Inferno

Barcelona

Claudio Bravo - Forcefield Dani Alves - Blithe Gerard Piqué - Leader Javier Mascherano - Physio Jordi Alba - Marauding Sergio Busquets - Engine Sergi Roberto - Inspired Ivan Rakitic - Quiet Andres Iniesta - Class

Neymar - Mature Luis Suarez - Rabid

Substitutions Jeremy Mathieu (27) - Deputy Lionel Messi (56) - GOAT Munir El Haddadi (77) - Panicked

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