© AFP
Real Madrid shrugged off the loss of the injured Gareth Bale as they beat Valencia 3-2 on Sunday to move back to within five points of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga.
Barcelona were also victors as an eight-minute hat-trick from Pedro Rodriguez helped them come from 2-0 down to win 5-2 away at Getafe.
Bale's replacement Angel di Maria put Madrid in front with a fine left-footed drive on 28 minutes, but Pablo Piatti headed home an equaliser for the hosts six minutes later.
Cristiano Ronaldo
then headed home Di Maria's free-kick to put Madrid back in front five
minutes before half-time, only for Valencia to level once more when Jeremy Mathieu met Dani Parejo's corner.
However, Madrid were not to be denied as substitute Jese
Rodriguez grabbed the winner with a low drive that beat Vicente Guaita
at his near post ten minutes from time to condemn Nico Estevez to defeat
in his first league game in temporary charge of Valencia.
No comments:
Post a Comment