Jude Bellingham continued his fantastic goalscoring type as Actual Madrid beat Villarreal to return to the highest of La Liga.
The England midfielder headed in an outstanding cross from Luka Modric to assert his thirteenth league objective of the season and put Actual forward within the twenty fifth minute.
Rodrygo added a second for Actual after an offside choice was overturned by a Video Assistant Referee (VAR), however Jose Luis Morales halved the deficit after the break.
Nevertheless, Villarreal’s hopes had been short-lived as Brahim Diaz and Modric scored inside 4 minutes of one another within the second half to seal the three factors.
Carlo Ancelotti’s aspect had been held to a 1-1 draw by Actual Betis and changed on the high of the desk final weekend by Girona, who beat Barcelona 4-2.
However Girona, enjoying solely their fourth-ever top-flight season, can leapfrog Actual Madrid once more in the event that they beat Alaves on Monday.
Recent from topping their Champions League group with a 100% report, Actual piled the stress on a Villarreal aspect decided to play out from the again.
Bellingham missed an opportunity to offer the hosts an early opener, however he did not have to attend lengthy to make amends, heading house an outstanding chipped cross from Modric, who had clipped the crossbar moments earlier.
The previous Birmingham Metropolis midfielder has now scored 17 targets in 20 appearances since his 103m euros (£88m) transfer from Borussia Dortmund in the summertime.
After Rodrygo’s close-range end was allowed to face, Villarreal pounced with their first probability of the second half as Morales held off stress from Nacho and Antonio Rudiger to fit previous keeper Andriy Lunin within the 54th minute.
Nevertheless, Diaz danced by means of the Villarreal defence and unleashed a low strike to re-establish Actual’s lead within the sixty fourth minute earlier than Modric latched on to a unfastened ball to assert the fourth objective.
It was not all excellent news for Los Blancos, although, as full-back David Alaba limped off the pitch within the first half with what gave the impression to be a severe knee harm.
Line-ups
Actual Madrid
Formation 4-4-2
- 13Lunin
- 17Vázquez
- 22Rüdiger
- 4AlabaSubstituted forNachoat 35′minutes
- 23MendySubstituted forGarcÃaat 45′minutes
- 15Valverde
- 10Modric
- 8KroosSubstituted forTchouaméniat 79′minutesBooked at 84mins
- 5BellinghamBooked at 67minsSubstituted forCeballosat 78′minutes
- 21DÃazSubstituted forJoseluat 84′minutes
- 11Rodrygo
Substitutes
- 6Nacho
- 14Joselu
- 18Tchouaméni
- 19Ceballos
- 20GarcÃa
- 25Arrizabalaga Revuelta
- 32Paz
- 36Tobias da Silva
- 39de Luis
Villarreal
Formation 4-4-2
- 13Jørgensen
- 26AltiBooked at 67mins
- 3AlbiolSubstituted forCuencaat 45′minutes
- 23Mandi
- 24Pedraza
- 27AkhomachBooked at 74minsSubstituted forTriguerosat 74′minutes
- 6CapoueBooked at 85mins
- 10Parejo
- 16BaenaSubstituted forTerratsat 29′minutes
- 7MorenoSubstituted forSørlothat 45′minutes
- 15MoralesSubstituted forBreretonat 79′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Reina
- 5Cuenca
- 9Brereton
- 11Sørloth
- 14Trigueros
- 17FemenÃa
- 18Moreno
- 20Terrats
- Referee:
- Jorge Figueroa Vázquez
- Attendance:
- 70,500
Dwell Textual content
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Match ends, Actual Madrid 4, Villarreal 1.
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Second Half ends, Actual Madrid 4, Villarreal 1.
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Try blocked. Aurélien Tchouaméni (Actual Madrid) proper footed shot from exterior the field is blocked. Assisted by Dani Ceballos.
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Nook, Actual Madrid. Conceded by Jorge Cuenca.
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Nook, Actual Madrid. Conceded by Aïssa Mandi.
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Try saved. Rodrygo (Actual Madrid) proper footed shot from exterior the field is saved within the high centre of the objective.
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Dani Ceballos (Actual Madrid) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Foul by Étienne Capoue (Villarreal).
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Nook, Actual Madrid. Conceded by Jorge Cuenca.
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Try blocked. Federico Valverde (Actual Madrid) proper footed shot from exterior the field is blocked. Assisted by Luka Modric.
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Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Actual Madrid).
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Dani Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Nook, Actual Madrid. Conceded by Alfonso Pedraza.
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Étienne Capoue (Villarreal) is proven the yellow card for a nasty foul.
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Dani Ceballos (Actual Madrid) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Foul by Étienne Capoue (Villarreal).
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Substitution, Actual Madrid. Joselu replaces Brahim DÃaz.
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Aurélien Tchouaméni (Actual Madrid) is proven the yellow card for a nasty foul.
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Foul by Aurélien Tchouaméni (Actual Madrid).
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Étienne Capoue (Villarreal) wins a free kick within the attacking half.