Neymar suspended for El Clasico

Neymar was sent off as Barca lost 2-0 to Malaga at the weekend for picking up two bookings and he then proceeded to sarcastically applauded the fourth official as he left the pitch at La Rosaleda.

Barcelona's Javier Mascherano believes team-mate Neymar should be available for the Clasico clash against Real Madrid despite his red card against Malaga.

The Brazilian had already booked for obstructing the taking of a free kick by tying his laces in front of the ball.

Enrique was angry with several of Manzano's decisions, including the award of a free-kick rather than a penalty after Malaga's Charles fouled Sergi Roberto in the box, and claimed his star names lack protection from officials.

Neyma, left, is the first Barcelona player to be sent off during a La Liga match since 2015.

Barca hardly troubled Malaga caretaker Carlos Kameni, although the Cameroon worldwide did make two good conserves to block two firm initiatives from Luis Suarez.

Ahead of Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final at Juventus, Mascherano suggested Neymar's ban should remain at a single match, citing previous examples of similar acts that have not been punished by longer suspensions.

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Expectations were that Barcelona would seize the summit of La Liga from rivals Real Madrid after the Madrid derby with Atletico had ended 1-1.

The first league game Neymar will miss is at Real Sociedad on Saturday.

According to Gil, Lionel Messi, Javier Mascherano and Luis Suarez led an "intense" Barcelona inquest after the very surprising defeat while Neymar, who was shown a red card in the game, merely sulked.

"And since it's so easy to be distracted the best thing is to focus on the next game and that's Malaga and approach it completely motivated as we're going to have to play well to win".

"We have to be very careful in some games because there were some ugly challenges from behind that went unpunished and tying boots was".