Barcelona destroyed Real Madrid in the first El Clasico of the season as they eased to a 4-0 win at the Bernabeu.
The Blaugrana struck four times in the second half to silence the home crowd to move six points clear of their bitter rivals.
Barcelona proved to be a class above Madrid at the Bernabeu on Saturday nightGetty
LaLiga leaders Barca were riding their luck at times in the first half, with Kylian Mbappe having an opener ruled out for offside.
But while the visitors were second best in the opening period, they were nothing short of sensational following the break.
Robert Lewandowski broke the deadlock in the 56th minute with a clinical curling strike into the bottom right corner from outside the box.
And just two minutes later, he doubled Barca’s lead after heading home Alejandro Balde’s outswinging delivery from the left channel.
Things went from bad to worse for Real when Lamine Yamal put Barca 3-0 up in the 77th minute after rifling hit shot home from a tight angle.
In doing so, he has become the youngest goalscorer in the history of El Clasico at the age of 17 years and 105 days old.
The previous record holder was Alfonso Navarro, who scored twice for Barcelona in a 3-2 win over Los Blancos at 17 years and 365 days in 1947.
And Raphinha then followed up his Champions League hat-trick over Bayern Munich to put the cherry on top for Hansi Flick‘s men.
The Brazilian winger raced onto an over the top through ball by Inigo Martinez before lobbing onrushing goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.
Barca’s victory means that Flick has become the first Barca boss since Gerardo Martino in 2013 to win in their first El Clasico encounter.
Lewandowski scored two quickfire goals as Barca outclassed Los BlancosGetty
Yamal then created El Clasico history after getting on the score sheetGetty
Raphinha completed the victory late on to seal a famous night for the BlaugranaAFP
Five managers in Xavi, Ronald Koeman, Quique Setien, Ernesto Valverde and Luis Enrique all failed in the previous 11 years.
For Madrid, they missed out on the chance to equal Barca’s record of going 43 matches unbeaten in the Spanish top-flight.
Barca under Valverde achieved the record tally between April 2017 and May 2018.
Carlo Ancelotti was also denied becoming the first man to guide Real to three consecutive El Clasico home wins since 1991.
The Italian also missed out on the chance to become the third manager after Miguel Munoz and Pep Guardiola to win five or more successive El Clasicos.
Ancelotti will now be hoping Real get back to winning ways away at Valencia next weekend.
Meanwhile Barcelona pit their wits against rivals Espanyol in the Catalan derby at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.
