Five-star Madrid maintain their grip at the top – La Liga Round-Up and Highlights

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Barcelona and Real Madrid continue to fight it out at the top of the table as both sides enjoyed wins in Saturday’s games of Jornada 30 of la liga.

Pep Guardiola’s men travelled to Mallorca for the day’s early game and came away with a 2-0 victory thanks to goals from Alexis Sanchez and Gerard Pique. The result was soured for the Catalans when Thiago Alcantara was dismissed in the second half following a second yellow card for handball.

The win ramped up the pressure on Jose Mourinho’s side who went into their game against Real Sociedad just three points above their rivals. Madrid responded in emphatic fashion however, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema both grabbing two in a 5-1 demolition of the Basque side. Gonzalo Higuain was also on the scoresheet as the league leaders restored their six point lead over their Catalan chasers.

The day’s other game saw more misery for Unai Emery as Valencia followed their disappointing mid-week home defeat to bottom side Zaragoza by losing 3-1 to Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez. Roberto Soldado gave los Che an early lead but the home side fought back well to heap more pressure on the under-fire Emery.


MALLORCA 0-2 BARCELONA

REAL MADRID 5-1 REAL SOCIEDAD

GETAFE 3-1 VALENCIA

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