Real Madrid had a comfortable victory over Villarreal to temporarily climb to the top of La Liga.
Real Madrid is determined to win 3 points when hosting Villarreal in round 17 of La Liga.
The Bernabeu team needs to win and hope Girona stumbles against Alaves to hope to reclaim the top spot.
The White Vultures are undefeated in 15 consecutive matches in all competitions, including 12 wins.
Therefore, Real easily controlled the match when facing a Villarreal team with a series of disappointing performances, drawing 1 and losing 3 of the last 5 matches.
Under intense pressure from Real Madrid, “Yellow Submarine” only lasted 25 minutes. Jude Bellingham scored again with a precise finish. This is the 13th goal after 15 appearances for the English international in La Liga this season.
Before the first half ended, Rodrygo doubled the gap for the home team
At the beginning of the second half, Villarreal surprisingly scored a goal to shorten the score to 1-2. However, that’s all they could do in this match.
Real still controlled the match and regained a 2-goal lead in the 64th minute before Modric sealed a 4-1 victory just 4 minutes later.
In the end, the Bernabeu home team won big and temporarily took the top spot in La Liga. At this time, Real is 1 point ahead of Girona but has played 1 more match.
La Liga standings at the moment. Coach Michel and his team will have a match against Alaves at 3:00 a.m. tomorrow (December 19).