Jude Bellingham's first Clasico appeared to be passing him by. Just like nearly every Real Madrid player around him, he was struggling to get into Saturday's game at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys. Barcelona were undeniably dominating, excellent value for a 1-0 win given to them by Ilkay Gundogan.
Worse still, it actually looked like they wanted it more. Madrid looked lethargic. They were strangely subdued. The introduction of Luka Modric certainly helped matters. But the unlikeliest of Clasico comebacks was all about Bellingham.
With 22 minutes to go, he picked up possession about 10 yards outside the Barca box and simply thumped the ball past Marc-Andre ter Stegen and into the back of the net. Then, in injury time, the Englishman struck again, showing his predatory instincts to get on the end of a Dani Carvajal cross that Modric had helped on into the six-yard box. Game over. Job done. Bellingham brilliant again.
Below, GOAL runs through all of the winners and losers from a remarkable encounter in Catalunya...