Madrid: Real Madrid remained on top of the Spanish League standings after the 10th round of matches and a 4-1 win away over Alaves.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick Sunday, which included a penalty and a deflected shot, and missed another penalty as Real made hard work of the game against the recently-promoted Basque side,.
After the final whistle, Alaves captain Alexis complained that the referee’s performance was ‘lamentable’ as replays showed that the penalty which led to Ronaldo equalising Deyverson’s opening goal was called as a handball when it had actually hit his head.
Barcelona moved into second place on the table after Rafinha’s 48th minute goal gave them a 1-0 win over bottom of the table Granada, who put up much stiffer resistance than expected. The first half saw Luis Suarez miss chances to make the score more comfortable.
Yannick Carrasco and Kevin Gameiro starred as Atletico Madrid defeated Malaga 4-2 in the Vicente Calderon Stadium here in a game which threatened to become complicated for the home side.
Carrasco opened the scoring in the seventh minute, and Atletico looked to be cruising after Gameiro made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute.
Sandro Ramirez reduced the distance with a well-taken free-kick on the half hour, but after Gameiro scored his second on the brink of half time, the result looked a foregone conclusion.
That changed on the hour, when Stefan Savic saw two quick yellow cards to leave Atletico with 10 men and Ignacio Camacho’ s header gave Malaga a second goal for the night.
There were some nervous fans in the Calderon before Carrasco’s powerful run and shot three minutes from time finally sealed the win.
Indo-Asian News Service
