MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid fought again to earn a 4-1 house win in opposition to Real Sociedad that prolonged their lead on the high of LaLiga to eight factors forward of second-placed Sevilla on Saturday.
Real dominated the sport however they fell behind after 10 minutes to a penalty transformed by Mikel Oyarzabal after Dani Carvajal tripped David Silva.
Teenager Eduardo Camavinga got here to the rescue 5 minutes earlier than halftime, rifling house the equaliser from 25 metres with an unstoppable left-footer that went in off the publish.
Roared on at a virtually sold-out Santiago Bernabeu, Luka Modric then put the hosts forward with one other long-range shot that flew into the highest nook of Alex Remiro’s purpose.
Karim Benzema, who had two targets chalked off by the video assistant referee for offside, lastly scored within the 76th minute with a penalty after VAR noticed a foul on Vinicius Jr.
Substitute Marco Asensio wrapped up the win with a close-range strike three minutes later.
Ahead of Wednesday’s last-16 Champions League second-leg conflict at house to Paris St-Germain, which Real Madrid path 1-0, Los Blancos left their latest questionable performances behind them to placed on a present in opposition to sixth-placed Real Sociedad.
The Basque facet, who have been high within the first-quarter of the season earlier than being leapfrogged by Real Madrid, have 44 factors from 27 video games and are nonetheless in competition for a high 4 spot.
The LaLiga leaders took benefit of Sevilla’s disappointing 0-0 draw at lowly Alaves on Friday and have moved to 63 factors in opposition to the 55 of their closest contender.
“This is the depth that we’d like to have on Wednesday,” coach Carlo Ancelotti instructed a information convention.
“We can replicate as we speak’s sport in opposition to PSG. It’s a efficiency that evokes and provides us plenty of power and confidence to combat again from the 1-0 loss that we suffered within the first leg at Paris.”
Brazilian midfielder Casemiro, who will miss the PSG sport due to suspension, thinks house benefit would be the key to reaching the quarter-finals.
“Today we confirmed that we will combat again and win in opposition to an awesome opponent. We will want to do it once more on Wednesday and with followers on our facet in our stadium every thing is feasible,” he instructed reporters.
(Reporting by Fernando Kallas; Editing by Ken Ferris)
