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1. The gallery mosaic that greeted fans and players at the Camp Nou on  Sunday was staged in commemoration of Barcelona’s 110th anniversary. The Catalan club was founded by Hans Gamper on November 29, 1899.

2. The most anticipated game of the season gathered 97,131 spectators, a new season record, topping last Tuesday’s 93,524 fans that watched the Barcelona-Inter Milan Champions League match/Eto’o's homecoming.

3. Among those that watched at the Camp Nou were foreign dignitaries as well as Catalan actor  Eduard Fernández wearing an Alcorcón scarf, and legendary Belgian cyclist and long time Barcelona admirer, Eddy Merckx, who officially became a socio before the match  (he is member # 171, 070).

4.  In the tunnel before the match kickoff,  Barcelona goal keeper Victor Valdes sported the most serious demeanor neither speaking nor joking with Madrid players as did his team mates who were part of the Spanish selection.

5.  Self confident “10-20 goals” Cristiano Ronaldo fished for his first foul 35 meters from goal but managed to drive his free kick straight into Barcelona’s wall.  Ronaldo and team mate former Lyon striker Karim Benzema continue their record of not scoring against Barcelona despite many opportunities in the past.

6. Guardiola is said to have been so angered by the expulsion of Sergio Busquets that he could be heard scolding the player from the stands.  Busquet’s expulsion is the 7th earned by a Barcelona player in an El  Clásico match, the last player sent off being defender Oleguer Presas in the 2006/07 season.

7.  The last time that Barcelona won twice in succession against Madrid at the Camp Nou dates back to the era of the legendary Dream Team under Dutch coach, Johan Cruyff.

8. Legendary striker Cesar Rodriguez remains Barcelona’s top goalscorer against Madrid (14 goals) while Alfredo di Stefano leads the whites against the blaugrana with 12 goals.

9. The most repeated scoreline at the Camp Nou (8 times) are 2-1 and 1-0.  The last 2-1 result was recorded in the 1992/93 season with goals from Baker and Stoichkov for Barcelona and Michel for Madrid. The last 1-0 win dates back to the 1996/97 season with the Brazilian Ronaldo scoring the lone goal.

10. Last Sunday’s El Clásico between the two Spanish clubs was the 80th played at home.  Their head to head record shows that Barcelona have now won 46 matches (57%), Madrid with 18 wins (23%), and the rest, draws (16 matches).  For the last decade , it’s 4 home wins and 2 away for Barca, and 3 + 2 for Madrid, both team with 5 draws each.