Real Madrid eased beyond town opponents Atletico Madrid in a 2-zero victory on Sunday night time that extended their winning run to 10 video games across all competitions.
Diego Simeone's visitors flew out of the traps, unsettling their illustrious hosts with an competitive press excessive up the pitch that left Real Madrid's orchestrator-in-leader, Toni Kroos, especially flustered.
Yet, this ultra-medical new release of Los Blancos punished Atletico for failing to show their vivid begin into probabilities, breaking the deadlock very tons in opposition to the run of play. Luka Modric's interception on halfway sparked a blistering breakaway a quarter of an hour into the sport. Karim Benzema helped the ball on its blur ahead, darting into the location to crisply execute a picture-ideal volley zipping past Jan Oblak.
Madrid seemed to together develop a couple of inches after their opener. Emboldened by an early (and a bit undeserved) lead, the hosts played among Atletico’s press with increasing success and swagger.
A pair of substitutions from Simeone in the course of the c programming language swung the begin of the second half of back in Atletico's favour. Yet, in an eerie repeat of the opening length, Real Madrid sliced via the site visitors to double their lead warm on the heels of Atletico's vivid play within the 57th minute.
Vinicius Junior laid on his 2nd help of the evening, sweeping a skip from left to right to tee up Marco Asensio, hovering in a pocket of space with Atleti's dizzied backline scattered, for a slick finish.
A jubilant Santiago Bernabeu crowd disregarded the oles slightly after the hour mark as Madrid sucked the venom out of Atletico’s sting with managed ownership. Thibaut Courtois was pressured right into a flurry of stops either of Asensio's purpose, however Madrid stored their city rivals at arm's length to transport 8 points clear at La Liga's summit.
Thibaut Courtois (GK) - 7/10 - Kept on his ft via an Antoine Griezmann unfastened kick certain for the pinnacle nook within the first half, Madrid's number one changed into especially sharp when going through balls into the container. Dani Carvajal (RB) - 7/10 - Caused more of a hassle after the introduction of Joao Felix but not overly bothered at some point of. Eder Militao (CB) - 8/10 - Light on his toes, the imposing centre back become simply as commanding while drawn out huge. David Alaba (CB) - 7/10 - Cruised thru his first Madrid derby. Ferland Mendy (LB) - 6/10 - A little sloppy in ownership however neutralised the flickering chance Atletico offered down their right.
Luka Modric (CM) - eight/10 - Deservedly received an impromptu standing ovation from a famously stingy Bernabeu crowd. Casemiro (CM) - 8/10 - Revelled in the bodily battle a sport in opposition to Atletico includes, content to perform the grubby commercial enterprise behind his midfield conductors. Toni Kroos (CM) - 7/10 - Clearly singled out of the focus of Atletico's press early in the game, the German swiftly restored the only or two hairs out of location on his properly-gelled head as he - and so, Madrid - grew into the sport.
Marco Asensio (RW) - 7/10 - Took his goal properly after some early indecision avoided an in advance strike. Karim Benzema (ST) - 7/10 - Back from harm, Madrid's forward become everywhere his facet wished him to be each in the early tiers in their build up play and at the pointy quit of the pass before his untimely departure at 1/2-time. Vinicius Junior (LW) - eight/10 - Long long gone are the times of Benzema imploring teammates to miss the Brazilian, Vinicius showed his newfound composure with a couple of assists.
