Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou to halve gap to La Liga leaders

BREAKING: Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou in El Clásico, with Kylian Mbappé scoring a brace to cut the gap to the LaLiga leaders to three points.

Kylian Mbappé just won El Clásico at Camp Nou, twice.

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 tonight, and it's Barca's first domestic defeat all season. Mbappé opened the scoring before half-time, his tenth league goal, and honestly his easiest, a clearance smacked straight into him and deflected home. You can see what it meant to him right here, celebrating in front of the Barcelona fans.

Raphinha levelled for the champions, but Mbappé slotted the winner late on. And look at Madrid scrapping for everything tonight, bodies on the line in a game Barcelona never really showed up for. Pedri admitted it himself, in the first half we weren't ourselves.

The quiet headline is José Mourinho. Two trophyless years, Madrid turn back to the old master, and now five straight wins and the gap to the top is down to three points. Barcelona have lost twice in a week. The title race just woke up.

This is Sara White, reporting for HIT.