Barcelona again show their superiority in the game and ball control to a Real Madrid that he was only able to respond to the tide with a azulgrana pressure throughout the countryside, trying to prevent the visitors could take the leadership of the party.
The pressure worked in the early white bars, allowing you to steal balls and then started forward on the right banda for Arjen Robben. The inclusion of Dutch, recently recovered from an injury, was a clear indication that the technician 'merengue' Juande Ramos decided to gamble everything on this classic.
The danger that Real Madrid had the right banda is reflected in both the first game when Sergio Ramos put up a good ball to the area to which the Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín heading to the network of Victor Valdes (14 minutes).
But the whites had little time to celebrate because Messi then chopped a ball served to Henry in the middle of the field, which was racing to finish the goal beating Iker Casillas (18 ').
And just two minutes after the Barça captain Carles Puyol, was second with a great header from the penalty kick after an absence of Xavi Hernandez (20 ').
The 2-1 gave confidence to Barcelona, which began to overcome the pressure of Real Madrid at the hands of Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta, whose assistance to the inmates of Messi and Henry were in real trouble for the defense white.
The young striker took advantage of an error azulgrana Lass Diarra to take a ball and planted at speed by Casillas, who he beat in his umpteenth shot-to-door (35 '), a disorder causing all the premises to be stayed until the break.
On the resumption, the Real Madrid put pressure again, though still limited offensive resources to inmates of Robben, searching long ball Higuaín actions or stopped, as it marked the second as a result of merengue header from Sergio Ramos needed a kick (56 '). It was only a mirage.
Barely two minutes after Thierry Henry was back to take a good mark to pass from Xavi (58 ') and Messi pass to Xavi, the real brain azulgrana game, marking the fifth after the interior almost to the goal line (75') .
With the match in the bag and delivered almost a Real Madrid, who keep trying more for pride because it believed in it, the technician Barça Josep Guardiola decided to remove Henry, thinking in the round of the semifinals of the Champions League on Wednesday to Chelsea (0-0 ida).
His white counterpart was trying to give more power to his offensive team entries Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Rafael van der Vaart. But nothing helped him against the gale azulgrana game, still remacharía humiliation sixth with both Gerard Piqué (82 ') with almost no angle.
The victory is worth almost a League for Barcelona, which is seven points from Real Madrid in the absence of four days for the end of the Spanish championship and could be mathematically proclaimed champion if next weekend is imposed on the Villarreal and Real Madrid loses to Valencia.