Carlo Ancelotti rues "unrecognisable" Real Madrid after Barcelona mauling at Bernabeu

Under-fire Carlo Ancelotti has rued his "unrecognisable" Real Madrid team after they suffered humiliation at the hands of Barcelona in Sunday's El Clasico.

Los Blancos were thrashed 4-0 at the Bernabeu, the first time Barcelona have won an El Clasico in La Liga for three years. Ancelotti's men had gone into the derby 15 points clear of their fierce rivals, but looked nothing like the dominant league leaders their position in the table would suggest.

A goal in each half from the transformed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang did the main damage, with Ronaldo Araujo and Ferran Torres also on the scoresheet. Aubameyang broke the deadlock just before the half-hour mark by losing his marker to head in at the near post following great work on the wing from Ousmane Dembele.

Dembele also provided the assist for Araujo, with the defender rising highest at a corner to power home a header. Just two minutes into the second-half Torres made Madrid's humiliation certain by firing into the top corner, before Aubameyang chipped in his second soon after.

The hammering has shattered Madrid's optimism following the remarkable comeback win in the Champions League. But Ancelotti refused to make excuses for the way his Los Blancos team totally collapsed against the Catalan giants.

"We were unrecognisable, everything has gone wrong. I have told the players that it was my fault. The break is good now, because we can get players back. I don't think it's going to affect our mood. I've failed in my approach. It can happen once, twice I'm not usually wrong," he said.

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