Brace for Bellingham

Jude Bellinghamrsquos stunning double snatched Real Madrid a 21 comeback victory at Barcelona in his first La Liga Clasico on SaturdayThe England international who has started his Madrid career in remarkable goalscoring form unleashed a rocket into the top corner from distance after Ilkay Gundogan had sent hosts Barcelona ahead at the Olympic StadiumAlso ReadIsrael to host Euro 2024 qualifiers in HungaryBellingham then fired home a second in stoppage time to silence Barcelona fans and reach 10 goals in the top flight this season Barcelona hit the woodwork twice and had the better of the game but Bellingham La Ligarsquos top goalscorer is in unstoppable form and inevitably made his mark in his first ClasicoMadrid on topBellinghamrsquos brace sent Madrid to the top of La Liga ahead of Girona on goal difference with both teams four points ahead of Barcelona in thirdThe Catalans were boosted by the returns of Robert Lewandowski Jules Kounde and Raphinha from injury with Xavi naming them on the bench but Frenkie de Jong and Pedri did not recover in timeHis counterpart Carlo Ancelotti selected Ferland Mendy at left back over Eduardo Camavinga and Fran Garcia once again deploying Bellingham in the number 10 role as he got his first taste of arguably the worldrsquos biggest club football matchHowever it was another midfielder playing for the first time in the Clasico who broke the deadlockmdashBarcelonarsquos summer arrival Gundogan The former Manchester City man was sharpest when Aurelien Tchouameni intercepted Ferran Torresrsquo pass diverting it back into his own areaCentreback David Alaba tried to clear but was thoroughly unconvincing and Gundogan read his intentions hopped onto the ball and swept past Kepa Arrizabalaga in the sixth minuteFermin Lopez one of the emerging young Barcelona La Masia academy products who has broken into the first team slapped a shot against the post after the intense Gavi pressed high to win the ball backLong range effortsMadrid defender Antonio Rudiger hammered wide from nearly 40 yards out as Madrid were held off by the hosts with winger Vinicius Junior getting into tangles with Gavi and Ronald Araujo Madrid were reduced to longrange efforts but eventually one ripped into the net to level the scoreThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever