Jose Mourinho refused to make excuses for Real Madrid's humiliating 5-0 defeat to champions Barcelona in the Clasico at Camp Nou on Monday admitting his 'Galacticos' had been well below-par but dismissed suggestions that the margin of victory reflected the difference between the two sides.

Mourinho tasted his first defeat in charge of Real and it was one of the heaviest and most painful of his career in what was his maiden Clasico as Barcelona outclassed their bitter rivals with Spanish World Cup winner David Villa scoring twice in the rout.