Real Madrid beat 10-man Valencia to cut Barcelona’s lead at the top of La Liga to five points.
Los Blancos took the lead through a stunning left-footed strike from Marco Asensio in the 52nd minute.
Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr celebrated his 200th Madrid appearance with his side’s second goal two minutes later.
Gabriel Paulista was shown a straight red card for the visitors in the 72nd minute as Madrid cruised to victory.
Antonio Rudiger thought he had opened the scoring for the hosts in first-half stoppage time when he headed home from Luka Modric’s cross.
However, the goal was ruled out after a VAR intervention for a Karim Benzema foul on Yunus Musah in the box.
Line-ups
Real Madrid
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Courtois
- 6NachoBooked at 33mins
- 3MilitãoSubstituted forCarvajalat 36′minutes
- 22Rüdiger
- 12Camavinga
- 10ModricSubstituted forValverdeat 66′minutes
- 8KroosSubstituted forTchouaméniat 66′minutes
- 19Ceballos
- 11AsensioBooked at 62mins
- 9BenzemaBooked at 45minsSubstituted forRodrygoat 60′minutes
- 20VinÃcius Júnior
Substitutes
- 2Carvajal
- 5Vallejo
- 7E Hazard
- 13Lunin
- 15Valverde
- 16Odriozola
- 18Tchouaméni
- 21Rodrygo
- 24Mariano
- 26López Andúgar
Valencia
Formation 4-3-3
- 25Mamardashvili
- 20Foulquier
- 5GabrielBooked at 72mins
- 12DiakhabyBooked at 60mins
- 14GayÃ
- 4MusahSubstituted forCömertat 75′minutes
- 6Guillamón
- 18Ribeiro AlmeidaSubstituted forKourouma Kouroumaat 70′minutes
- 11Castillejo AzuagaSubstituted forde Sousa Mendonçaat 58′minutes
- 7CavaniSubstituted forPérez MartÃnezat 75′minutes
- 16Dias LinoSubstituted forLatorreat 70′minutes
Substitutes
- 1HerrerÃn
- 3Latorre
- 8Kourouma Kourouma
- 13Rivero
- 15Özkacar
- 19Duro
- 21Vázquez
- 22de Sousa Mendonça
- 24Cömert
- 29Pérez MartÃnez
- 33Mosquera
- 36Guerra
- Referee:
- Javier Alberola Rojas
- Attendance:
- 51,926
Live Text
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Match ends, Real Madrid 2, Valencia 0.
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Second Half ends, Real Madrid 2, Valencia 0.
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Attempt missed. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by VinÃcius Júnior.
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Nacho (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ilaix Moriba (Valencia).
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Attempt blocked. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by VinÃcius Júnior.
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Foul by Rodrygo (Real Madrid).
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Ilaix Moriba (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Giorgi Mamardashvili.
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Rodrygo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Eray Cömert (Valencia).
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Foul by Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid).
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Ilaix Moriba (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. VinÃcius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dani Ceballos.
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Attempt missed. Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Eduardo Camavinga.
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Attempt blocked. Nacho (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by VinÃcius Júnior (Real Madrid).
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Dimitri Foulquier (Valencia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt blocked. Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduardo Camavinga.
