Madrid defeats Valencia

Real Madrid recouped from their midweek Cup thrashing to Leganes to take a spirit boosting 4-1 win away to Valencia on Saturday evening.

Two first half penalty goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, both of which came following fouls from Martin Montoya, place Madrid in the driving seat.  Despite the fact that Santi Mina’s 59th moment header gave Valencia trust, a 84th moment objective from Marcelo and a slick 89th moment complete from Tony Kroos fixed a vital win.

Villarreal kept up the weight on Real Madrid in the fight for fourth place as they exploited some disgraceful shielding from Real Sociedad to beat the Basque side 4-2 in the Estadio de la Ceramica.