Real Madrid beats Cadiz to seal top spot in La Liga

Madrid: Real Madrid took advantage of the fact that Verona will not play Athletic Bilbao until Monday night and returned to the top of the La Liga table by beating Cadiz 3-0.

There were doubts about Rodrigo after returning from international duty, but he scored two excellent goals to put Madrid ahead in the 14th minute and then doubled their lead in the 64th against an opponent that had not won for two months. , Xinhua reports.

Jude Bellingham was fit after recovering from his shoulder injury and the England midfielder sealed a comfortable victory in the 74th minute after receiving a pass from Rodrigo and scoring with a left-footed shot.

Real Sociedad won 2–1 at home to Sevilla to increase pressure on Diego Alonso, who is yet to win a league game since replacing Jose Luis Mendilibar.

Ander Barrentxea put Real Sociedad ahead with a free kick that hit the post and then off the foot of Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dimitrovic in the third minute.

Omar Sadiq doubled the lead in the 22nd minute with a brilliant run and a shot from 25 meters which flew into the top corner.

Youssef En-Nesyri pulled a goal back for Sevilla with a header in the 60th minute, although it took a slight deflection on the way to the goal.

Sevilla pressed for an equaliser, but everything went wrong two minutes from time when Sergio Ramos was sent off for the 30th time in his career for a dreadful challenge on Bryce Mendez, and Jesus Navas was also sent off for his subsequent complaints. Showed a red card for.

Willian Jose’s 18th-minute tap-in after Isco’s shot was blocked was enough to give Real Betis a 1–0 win at home to rivals Las Palmas.

Jose Luis Morales, 36, scored a second-half hat-trick as Marcelino Garcia Toral returned to Villarreal with a 3-1 win at home to Osasuna.

Villarreal were struggling to break down Osasuna’s stubborn defense before Morales scored two wonderful goals in the 57th and 71st minutes – his second after running more than half the length of the pitch – and he completed his hat-trick with 10 minutes remaining. Took. play.

Morales scored both of Villarreal’s goals in the midweek cup win against Zamora and scored five times in Marcelino’s two games in charge.