El Clásico: Pepe, Sergio Busquets And Football's Top 10 Pantomime Villains

The Top 10: Football's Pantomime Villains (PICTURES)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 16: Pepe of Real Madrid duels for the ball with Sergio Busquets (R) and David Villa of Barcelona during the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on April 16, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Real Madrid via Getty Images)
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The Clásico is as entertaining for its goals as it is for its flare ups.

It doesn't feature a single hardmen, just wannabe hardmen who are liable to go down as theatrically as Luis Suárez.

Sunday night's Clásico didn't disappoint. Sergio Ramos was sent off for the 19th time, Pepe and Cesc Fàbregas went down together (oo er) and Sergio Busquets got away with a sly foul.

With pantomime villains galore, it's time to narrow it down to the top 10 in football...

Football's pantomime villains
Sergio Busquets, Barcelona(01 of10)
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He dives, he cheats, he feigns injury, he slyly insults and fouls and yet Sergio Busquets almost always gets away with it. Remarkably, he has only been sent off once in his career. (credit:Getty Images)
Pepe, Real Madrid(02 of10)
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He dives, he cheats, he feigns injury, he fouls and he doesn't always get away with it. Pepe is a yellow card magnet (he has 11 already this season) yet has only been sent off six times at Real Madrid, which is a remarkably low figure. (credit:Getty Images)
Felipe Melo, Galatasaray(03 of10)
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Few outside of Turkey watch Turkish football regularly, and yet it is so easy to dislike Melo, who genuinely thinks he is a hard man yet can be felled by a gust of wind. Dirty, mouthy and crafty. (credit:Getty Images)
Dani Alves, Barcelona(04 of10)
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Since Alves finds defending difficult, he often uses the art of feigning injury as a defence mechanism from sieving goals. Add to that his egregious dances when he doesn't score and there is little to like, other than his attacking play. (credit:Getty Images)
Craig Bellamy, Cardiff(05 of10)
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Now he can barely run, Bellamy's pantomime clout has subsided, but he is still active and just take a moment to remember him at his peak. Example: "You're fucking finished," he told Rio Ferdinand in 2010. Ferdinand has since won two more Premier League titles. (credit:Getty Images)
Ashley Cole, Chelsea(06 of10)
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"When I heard Jonathan (Barnett) repeat the figure of £55k, I nearly swerved off the road. 'He is taking the piss, Jonathan!' I yelled down the phone. I was so incensed. I was trembling with anger. I couldn’t believe what I’d heard." Ashley Cole was "trembling with anger" that he would earn £2.64 million a year. (credit:Getty Images)
John Terry, Chelsea(07 of10)
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One of the best centre-backs of his generation, the respect outside of Stamford Bridge for Terry is begrudging. It's the heart-on-sleeve nonsense, the obsession with the armband, the hounding of referees and determination to officiate himself. And then there's the alleged adultery with a former teammate's ex and the Anton Ferdinand incident. (credit:Getty Images)
Luis Suárez, Liverpool(08 of10)
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Arguably a level above pantomime, Suárez has bitten two players, racially abused an opponent and never apologised, blaming everyone but himself in the aftermath, cheated, dived and fouled incessantly and generally wound up everyone but blinkered Liverpool fans. The upside is his behaviour appears to have improved and he is one of the best footballers in the world to watch. (credit:Getty Images)
Vincent Tan, Cardiff owner(09 of10)
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There's the villainous moustache, the creepy Patrick Bateman leather-gloves-with-pin-striped-suit style, the high waistband and the replica over a suit shirt. Aside from his appearance, Tan has bludgeoned Cardiff's heritage and made their first season in the Premier League memorable for all the wrong reasons. (credit:Getty Images)
Ashley Young, Manchester United(10 of10)
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Another Ashley, Young is disliked by a large portion of United fans because of his diving. Dropped by Sir Alex Ferguson for conning the referee in a win against Aston Villa two years ago, he defied the Scot and dived twice again this season versus Crystal Palace and Real Sociedad. (credit:Getty Images)