Real Madrid have kept alive their faint La Liga title defence hopes with a 2-0 home win over Celta Vigo.
2022/2023 La Liga
2-0
Match Report
Carlo Ancelotti’s side have closed the title gap on leaders Barcelona to eight points overnight, as part of a late push to maintain their title defence hopes.
Los Blancos struggled to created chances against the Galicians in Madrid, with Marco Asensio’s breakthrough goal, their first real chance in the Spanish capital.
Vinicius Junior’s run in behind the Celta defence created the opening and Asensio delayed his run into the box, to fire the hosts in front.
That set the hosts up to ease on after the restart as defender Eder Militao headed home Asensio’s whipped corner.
That effectively ended the contest in the final stages, as Real Madrid remain in the title race, ahead of facing Girona in midweek action, with La Blaugrana hosting Atletico Madrid in a crunch showdown tomorrow.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
19' CHANCE! Tchouaméni header over the bar
21' CLOSE! Asensio’s shot wide out
42' GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Celta (Asensio)
46' Yellow Card! Ceballos booked
48' GOAL! Real Madrid 2-0 Celta (Militao)
70' Yellow Card! Javi Galán booked
78' What a save from Courtois！
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Benzema, Courtois, Nacho, Rudiger, Asensio, Ceballos, Valverde, Militao, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Vinicius, Eduardo Camavinga
Subs: Modric, Kroos, Hazard, Carvajal, Vazquez, Mariano, Odriozola, Vallejo, Andriy Lunin, Rodrygo, Luis López
Celta XI: Aspas, H. Seferović, R. Tapia, Kevin Vazquez, Augusto Solari, Villar, Núñez, Luca de la Torre, Javi Galán, Beltran, Gabri Veiga
Subs: Goncalo, Franco Cervi, Jörgen Strand Larsen, Rodriguez, Christian Joel, Coke Carrillo, Fernando Medrano, Miguel Rodríguez, Williot Swedberg, Carlos Domínguez