Real Madrid unable to end LaLiga champions' unbeaten run

Spanish champions Barcelona extended their unbeaten record in La Liga this season with a 2-2 draw at home to Real Madrid despite playing the second half with 10 men.

Barca led twice through Luis Suarez and then Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou, but Real equalised both times courtesy of goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.

Ronaldo was replaced at the interval after hurting his ankle in the process of scoring while Barcelona’s Sergi Roberto was sent off in first-half stoppage time.

Although they were a man light, Barca regained the lead thanks to a sensational Lionel Messi goal - his 26th in this fixture - but Madrid felt Suarez fouled Raphael Varane in the build-up.

Bale had the final say by getting his first La Liga Clasico goal with a 20-yard strike to claim a point for Madrid, who stay 15 points behind their irrepressible rivals.

Madrid felt Jordi Alba brought Marcelo down in the box but the referee waved away the appeals, before Messi missed two late openings as the last Clasico of the season ended with the spoils shared.