However, Ramos could have few complaints as he lunged in two-footed on Messi to crucially leave his side a man down for the final 13 minutes.
Messi was at the double for Barcelona, scoring in the 92nd minute as the LaLiga titleholders stunned 10-man Real Madrid 3-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Zidane's future is being brought under question by the Spanish press after Sunday's Clasico defeat by Barcelona at the Bernabeu, which leaves them level on points at the top of La Liga. Meanwhile, you can see the two tribute videos below.
Despite the faux-pas, the Oscar winning star of Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich did not seem too anxious about her mistake, enjoying the limelight as a guest of Real Madrid.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez reportedly wants six Los Blancos stars axed after his club's disappointing 3-2 loss to FC Barcelona at home on Sunday. Ronaldo, who had little impact on the match up until then, converted a Gareth Bale cross on the far end of the post and shot past goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to grab the victor in the dying moments of the match, handing Zinedine Zidane his maiden win in his first match as Real coach.
"[Messi] makes the difference in his team".
However, in need of a goal, Zidane called on Rodriguez in the final stages and was rewarded just three minutes after his introduction with a wonderful finish that looked to have delivered Real a point at 2-2.
Up - Leo Messi was superb yesterday, he scored his 500th goal with Barcelona, is now the all-time top-scorer in El Clásico (15) surpassing Alfredo Di Stefano (14).
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And captain Iniesta admits he's still surprised by his team-mate.
If there was one stand-out player, well, that was Leo Messi.
Barcelona is ahead on the head-to-head tiebreaker, but Madrid still has a game in hand. "After years and years, he continues to be decisive".
"Gareth Bale, as much as we've lauded him, has not been in the greatest form this season when he's been fit".
The second half saw Barcelona take the lead through Ivan Rakitic with less than 20 minutes to go.
"We can not be happy", Zidane said. "We all have to stay with him to have a chance of lifting the title".
"Nothing changes, we still have things in our own hands and we are only thinking about Wednesday's game", Zidane said.
"I arrived late for the tackle but there was no contact, there was no intention to deliberately attack a player". This defeat does not make us inferior.
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