Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has played down the incident at the end of last night's 'El Clasico' which saw Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos confront him and Xavi following his late sending off.

Ramos was shown a straight red card after scything down Lionel Messi in the 90th minute of Madrid's 5-0 defeat at the Nou Camp, and in the ensuing fracas between the rival teams Ramos put his hands into the faces of Barca duo Puyol and Xavi as they remonstrated with him.