Kolkata, Oct. 28 -- It began with a hug and ended with a handshake. When Federico Valverde's pass went out, the cameras caught him stroking his beard. Kylian Mbappe's ricochet that put Real Madrid ahead drew no reaction from the man returning to the Camp Nou after 13 years. Jose Mourinho has said he is older and calmer and his comment after winning the Clasico on Sunday was in keeping with that. "I am not going to let them have their heads on the moon," he said, after the 2-1 win. But there were vignettes from a time more vintage. Mbappe's second goal was greeted with a knee slide; hands-on-hips Mourinho, 63, spoke with the referee Juan Munuera after he blew for a foul by Aurelien Tchouameni on Xavi Espart and before Munuera blew the final whistle, the Real Madrid head coach raised his right arm in triumph. Mbappe's brace, his 100th goal for Madrid, had settled the issue after Barcelona had pulled one back through Raphinha. Job done, good night. Against a team that had won a record-equalling nine La Liga matches and were champions in the last two seasons, one that had won six of the last seven Clasicos, Madrid had taken full points. Leaders Barcelona could have been nine points ahead. They are now three in front of Madrid who are third. After Madrid's first Clasico win in one year, it can be said that the Madrid and Mourinho project is on course. Mourinho began working in May, signed six players and used all of them on Sunday. Rodri didn't join. Unfazed, Mourinho said he didn't want anyone who had doubts about playing for Madrid. There has been greater emphasis on injury prevention and Mourinho has said this is the first time in a long time that Madrid have no major injuries in October. Without a trophy in two seasons and after the Xabi Alonso experiment failed, Mourinho was Madrid's fourth appointment in one year. Madrid needed a reset and they looked to a man who had fallen out of favour with elite clubs. Pep Guardiola's sophisticated football and those of coaches who had learnt from him was the present and future, it was said. With stints at Spurs, Roma, Fenerbahce and Benfica, Mourinho was in the next tier. Football had moved on from his target-man, parking-the-bus style that had made him Special. One whose Inter Milan beat Barca with a player short in 2010 at Camp Nou. And yet, with a stunning win against Madrid when he was at Benfica and a Conference League title with Roma, Mourinho kept himself in the conversation. Madrid paid Benfica €15mn as severance fee. On Mourinho's watch earlier, Madrid had found a way to deal with Pep's Barca, win La Liga and make the Champions League semi-finals for three successive seasons. As Barca built again with a clutch of starlets and Rodri, who else but Mourinho to find a way? It was felt the dressing room needed someone like him, a coach who had stamped on Madrid and Spain legend Iker Casillas's toes. The way Madrid ran, the way Valverde forgot his fitness worries to fly into a tackle, the way Jude Bellingham dropped deep and then sprinted to meet long balls, the way the midfield trio of Bernardo Silva, Tchouameni and Bellingham man-marked Rodri, Pedri and Fermin Lopez, the way Cucurella policed Lamine Yamal showed how Mourinho had won them over. Like Ayden Heaven, Dean Huijsen began shakily. Unlike the Man United defender, Huijsen grew into the game: his block off Frenkie de Jong in the 79th minute was a key moment. With their organised off-the-ball game, Madrid cut Barca's passing options. There was a moment when Gerard Martin found that though nine Barca players were in Madrid's half, there was no one he could pass to. And another when Joan Garcia seeking to start a quick break following a corner-kick couldn't because the passing routes were blocked. Yamal had said he enjoyed the needle in such games. Cucurella left him needled and showed why he is the world's best left back. Never one to emphasise on possession, Mourinho's men showed they can also play pretty football. The first goal came after a spell of sustained possession and the second had Bellingham's wizardry complemented by the skillful passing of Arda Guler and Eduardo Camavinga. Before Paris St-Germain and Madrid halted them, Barcelona were scoring for fun (50 goals in 12 games). Lest we forget, Madrid have also scored four goals in each of their last three games leading to the Clasico....