The incident occurred during the second half of the game in the Spanish capital on Wednesday, and prompted an immediate reaction on Twitter from Rooney.
"Pepe. What an idiot. Sometimes people wind u up," the England forward wrote on the social networking site.
When Messi then set Eric Abidal up for Barca's winner, Rooney added: "Haha. That goal serves pepe right."Second-half goals from Carles Puyol and Eric Abidal canceled out an early Cristiano Ronaldo strike to help Barcelona overcome Real Madrid with a 2-1 victory in the Clasico on Wednesday evening at Santiago Bernabeu.
The match started with Pep Guardiola's side typically dominating possession in the midfield area, but it was the hosts who took the lead through a Ronaldo goal in the 11th minute.
Karim Benzema found a pocket of space inside the center circle and slipped a perfectly weighted pass to the Portuguese down the left channel.
Ronaldo then nicked the ball past Gerard Pique with a neat stepover before lashing a left-footed strike through the legs of Pinto, with some question marks over the Barcelona stopper's positioning.
The Catalans came within inches of equalizing just five minutes later when Cesc Fabregas clipped a delicate pass into the Real Madrid box where Alexis Sanchez found space between Sergio Ramos and Fabio Coentrao to loop a header towards goal only to see his attempt his the underside of the crossbar.
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