FC Barcelona Vs. Real Madrid Result: Stunning Bellingham Double ...

Jude Bellingham stole a point for Real Madrid against FC Barcelona in El Clasico.

Jude Bellingham is once more the man of the hour after scoring a stunning double in El Clasico that was enough for Real Madrid to beat FC Barcelona 2-1 at the Montjuic Stadium on Saturday.

As to be expected in a fixture of this magnitude, both teams spent the opening spell of the game standing off one another and sizing their opponent up.

Barca's first charge forward of note was started by Ronald Araujo, deployed at right back to try and contain Vinicius Jr.

The Uruguayan nutmegged Bellingham with a pass, which Fermin Lopez then played across the pitch to Ilkay Gundogan.

Gundogan, standing in for a rejected Oriol Romeu at pivot, then attempted a one-two with Lopez which was blocked by David Alaba but still fell into the German's path.

Alaba again attempted to intervene, but mistakenly managed to set up the number 22 instead for what proved to be Xavi Hernandez's men's only goal of the game.

Given the nod amid injuries to the likes of Pedri and Frenkie de Jong in midfield, Lopez almost repeated his preseason heroics in Dallas by scoring against Los Blancos around the quarter of the hour mark.

His effort clipped Kepa's post, and Madrid then started to come back into the tie.

When Araujo switched off for a second and lost track of Vinicius, the Brazilian found Bellingham at the back post.

Nothing came of the Englishman's header, which in a packed box eventually fell to Fede Valverde whose shot outside the box was blocked and headed out of play.

Antonio Rudiger had a similar pop himself that was more successful but still sailed past Marc-Andre Ter Stegen off target.

Approaching half time, the spaces began to open up for Madrid as right back Dani Carvajal sliced a shot just wide with the outside of his right foot.

Rough and tumble on the touchline between Vinicius and Ferran Torres resulted in the Spaniard being booked, and Barca headed down the tunnel for half time with a slim lead.

The Catalans came close to doubling their lead after the resumption of play when Inigo Martinez connected with Lopez's in-swinging ball and hit the post. Araujo labored to knock in the rebound, but was excellently denied by Kepa.

Cutting into the box at breakneck speed, Cancelo should have done better and perhaps slotted home with his left foot instead of trying a flick over the Chelsea loanee.

With an hour down on the clock, Robert Lewandowski returned from injury to replace Ferran Torres. The Pole didn't have an immediate impact, however, as Madrid started firing shots from long range.

Aurelien Tchouameni had a thunderous strike kept out of the top corner by Ter Stegen, but the league's best goalkeeper last season struggled to do likewise when Bellingham hit a pearler with the outside of his boot to level the score on 68 minutes.

As there was just 15 minutes of regular time to spare, Raphinha and Lamine Yamal replaced Felix and Cancelo.

Their introduction brought Lewandowski into the action more, and a move that involved the trio was ended by the number 9 hitting just over.

When all was said and done, however, the latest edition of the world's biggest derby belonged to Bellingham.

In stoppage time, he netted his 13th goal in 12 games when a bouncing ball from Carvajal went over Martinez's head and was sneaked through Ter Stegen's legs.

Through the win, Real Madrid now top La Liga with third-placed Barca four points behind Carlo Ancelotti's troops and high-flying Girona.