Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid: Sergio Ramos spoils Iniesta's comeback

It was all lining up so well. Real Madrid’s lead cut to three points, Andres Iniesta back and thriving almost immediately, and Barcelona fans calm again. And then came Sergio Ramos, as he inevitably does, to make a huge intervention in the final minutes.

His goal cancelled out Luis Suarez’s opener and left things as they were in La Liga, with six points between the bitter rivals.

This Clasico was an unexciting affair—as Clasicos go—and a draw may well have been the fairest result, even if the manner seemed so harsh on Barcelona.

After Iniesta came on with 30 minutes to go they made several chances, with Neymar and Lionel Messi both missing huge opportunities.

Barcelona were made to pay when Ramos escaped Javier Mascherano and nodded home his 90th minute equaliser.

Luis Enrique will be held responsible by some, for bringing on Arda Turan and not taking off Andre Gomes for Iniesta, rather than Ivan Rakitic, who had been working hard.

There were signs of progress from the Catalans from their humiliatingly bad performance against Real Sociedad last weekend, but they still have a lot further to go.

As Iniesta showed when he came on, he is essential for Barcelona to resemble anything like the team that they can be at their best.

His golden pass to Messi was a magic moment, although the ones that will be remembered were Neymar firing over after making a mug out of Dani Carvajal and Messi dragging a shot wide.

There was a feeling that the Catalans would be made to pay for these errors. And Ramos delivered.