FC Barcelona moved to the top of the La Liga table on Monday night after humiliating Real Madrid 5- 0 at the Camp Nou Stadium.

The reigning league champions gave a footballing lesson to the team coached by Jose Mourinho which had traveled to Barcelona with one point lead over the Catalans.

However, if Madrid had ambitions of scoring a win, they were in for a real shock as Barcelona outplayed them from start to finish.

There was one change in the Real Madrid starting 11 after Gonzalo Higuain failed a fitness test and was replaced by Karim Benzema.

Higuain had struggled with a back problem during the week and took his place on the substitutes' bench.

Barcelona's starting lineup was as expected with Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez in midfield, behind a three man attack of Leo Messi, David Villa and Pedro Rodriguez.

Barca began well and Messi was unlucky to see his chip from a narrow angle bounce back from the inside of the Madrid post after just five minutes.

It was only a temporary let off as three minutes later Xavi opened the score. Iniesta's shot took a deflection and his companion kept his calmness to lift the ball past Iker Casillas.

De Maria forced Valdes into action, but Barca quickly doubled their lead after Villa crossed from the rest and although Casillas touched the ball, Pedro was on hand to score from close range.

Barca were playing their usual passing game and threatened to tear Madrid apart as the visitors looked to be defending further forward than usual and leaving space at their backs.

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