Real Madrid vs Barcelona player ratings: Lionel Messi the hero as Cristiano Ronaldo fades

Los Cules knocked their bitter rivals out of the title race with a sublime second-half performance

Barcelona emphatically ended Real Madrid's La Liga title hopes with a devastating defeat in the clasico.

Goals from Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Aleix Vidal condemned Los Blancos to defeat and leaves them 14 points behind their bitter rivals.

A miracle - or a stunning collapse - is needed for Real to defend their crown with Zinedine Zidane left fearing for his job as a result.

Perhaps only a third consecutive Champions League - where PSG await in the last-16 - can save him following one of most humbling results of his tenure at the Bernabeu.

Messi was the star of the show as he so often is but there were plenty of others around him who also rose to the occasion.

Check out the gallery above to see how they all rated.