Real Madrid survives Celta de Vigo’s hit and temporarily ascends to the leadership of the League

Lucas Vásquez (6) and Marco Asensio (53) scored both goals for the royal team.

Real Madrid temporarily climbed to the top of the Spanish League with 36 points from 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats, while Celta de Vigo comes in eighth position with 23 points.

Real Madrid missed his pole of captain and defender Sergio Ramos due to illness, so Nacho replaced him to play alongside French central Rafael Varane.

The match saw a clash between Celta de Vigo striker Iago Aspas, who scored 9 goals, and Karim Benzema, who had eight goals.

Celta de Vigo went undefeated in the last six league games, in which they won five and drew one.

Aspas was about to open the scoring when he slipped between two Real Madrid defenders and tried to drop the ball on Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, but Nacho saved the situation, scattering the ball (5).

Celta paid the price for wasting that opportunity because Real launched a quick counterattack in which the ball reached Marco Asensio on the left wing, and he raised it inside the area to be followed by Lucas Vásquez, who was lying at the far post with head into the net from close range (6).

The dominance of the royal team was condemned by the trio of midfielders Casemiro-Kroos-Modric and the plays of winger Asensio.

Real Madrid were about to score the second goal, but Dani Carvajal’s shot over Al Tayer passed the post two minutes before the end of the game.

Aspas was injured after Nacho’s interference and was unable to complete the match.

Real Madrid managed to score the second goal when Modric cut the ball in the center of the stadium and passed a forward ball towards Vázquez, who returned the favor to Asensio by passing a well-rounded ball towards him and the latter followed him from the left on the roof from the network (53).

Benzema was about to score the third goal when he received a great striker from Kroos and finished it off with his left, which went to the left post (70).