Real Madrid made it three wins in a row in La Liga, thanks to first-half goals from Luka Modric and Cristiano Ronaldo, who has now scored nine goals in the last four games.
It was a thrilling game from the start, with the hosts constantly threatening Iker Casillas and Los Blancos counter-attacking.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale weren’t helping the defence, and Villarreal full-backs found space to constantly send crosses from the wings.
However, Raphael Varane and Sergio Ramos had a superb performance, clearing every ball and keeping their team alive.
Real also looked very dangerous when Marcelo and Daniel Carvajal joined the attacks, and it was an end-to-end contest.
Yet, Los Blancos inspiration proved the difference. In one of Real’s first shots on target, Luka Modric gave the visitors the lead at the half hour mark, firing a powerful shot from outside the box that caught Sergio Asenjo unawares.
With Villarreal looking to equalise, Los Merengues found more spaces to counter attack. Five minutes before half-time, James Rodriguez sent a long pass to Karim Benzema. The Frenchman fount Ronaldo, who slid his effort into the bottom corner.
Madrid improved defensively in the second half, keeping their lines tighly closed. Villarreal were in control of possession, but didn’t get clear chances to score.
As the hosts started to feel tired, it became easier for Los Blancos to hold firm.
The European champions finally managed to bring the three points home and put some presure on leaders Valencia, Barcelona and Sevilla,
I tot Madrid looked more solid with Illarramendi and Isco now, Benzema is set to lose his place in the starting eleven since he rarely finds the back of the net now
Yes a fan from nigeria yola adamawa state, my team are strong now but they should effort not to be conceeding goals.and i like the combination of illara and isco more especially illara why because we lost xabi alonso who is beryan helping them every match as usuall pls let organise ourselves, about CR7 he forget about man-united he should concentrate on breaking record of all times scorers at the bernabeu and ‘ll be a legend at the club even thouhg he is now mr. Champion league and pichichi master pls messi should go England and become a legend if it is easy up up up CR7 CRISTIANO RONALDO DOS SANTOS AVIERO UP!!! REAL MADRID
[…] Benzema has been key for Los Merengues to recover their best game in the last matches, and was praised by Spanish press after his superb performance in Real’s 0-2 victory at Villarreal. […]