FC Barcelona once again beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in their Copa del Rey tie at the Bernabeu last night. Despite going 1-0 down thanks to a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo and ending the first half without a goal, the Catalans bounced back after the break, with an equaliser from carles Puyol off a Xavi corner. Abidal scored the second to give Barcelona the winning goal. After the match, according to the Irish Examiner:

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho admitted his players were “deflated” by conceding an equaliser from a corner as they lost 2-1 to Barcelona in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final at the Bernabeu.

Once again the match was notable for some fairly dirty play from Madrid. Pepe in particular seemed to be out of control and replays of him stamping on Messi’s hand have been beamed around the world to much consternation and calls for action to be taken against him.

Read “Mourinho: Equaliser was key in defeat to Barca” at Irish Examiner

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