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Real Madrid beat Barcelona in La Liga Clasico

BARCELONA: Kylian Mbappe struck twice to earn Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid a 2-1 Clasico victory over La Liga leaders Barcelona on Sunday at Camp Nou, cutting the gap to three points. French superstar Mbappe opened the scoring before the interval and then slotted home late on to inflict Barca’s first domestic defeat of the campaign after Raphinha had equalized for the champions. Real Madrid remain third, behind Atletico Madrid and Hansi Flick’s Barca, who had won their first nine games before a c