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Twitter reacts to Real Madrid’s 3-1 defeat of Atletico Madrid in the derby

By Sachin Bhat

MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 09: Casemiro of Real Madrid celebrates scoring his team's opening goal with team mates during the La Liga match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid CF at Wanda Metropolitano on February 09, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 09: Casemiro of Real Madrid celebrates scoring his team's opening goal with team mates during the La Liga match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid CF at Wanda Metropolitano on February 09, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) /
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Twitter is bursting at the seams with praises and puffery from all quarters for Santiago Solari and Real Madrid. Here is what is being said after Los Blancos won the Madrid Derby 3-1.

Real Madrid’s Spanish defender Sergio Ramos celebrates at the end of the Spanish league football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid CF at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on February 9, 2019. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
Real Madrid’s Spanish defender Sergio Ramos celebrates at the end of the Spanish league football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid CF at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on February 9, 2019. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) /

Real Madrid continued their revival with an emphatic 3-1 win over crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano to trim gap at the top to only five points.

Casemiro, Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale all scored apiece as Antoine Griezmann’s first-half leveler was rendered false dawn.

Los Blancos not only enjoyed a greater share of possession but also exuded great confidence and conviction as their neighbors were uncharacteristically sloppy and despicably rash. They were also reduced to 10-men in the final throes of the game with Thomas Partey sent off, adding more insult to the injury.

The victory propels Solari’s men provisionally within five points of leaders Barcelona as their title charge breathes a new life with five league victories on the trot.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to the 222nd Madrid derby:

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