Real Madrid started better than Barcelona. However Barcelona's performance was still good actually. They just struggled about finishing up their attacks with a goal. Maybe it was a really bad luck. But we would find out about it by next week games. Real Madrid might have lost points too by the way because they had to make a comeback from a 1-0 disadvantage.
We are talking about a stable team that is in the performing phase, so it doesn't surprise me at all.
You are saying something obvious, definitely to +1 for your signature campaign.
You are making a comparison between a stable team that won everything last season and a team that is trying to rebuild itself, it seems so obvious to me that it is almost trivial.