Four matches of the 9th round were played in the Spanish La Liga on Sunday.
Diego Simeone's coached team returned to the path of victories - Madrid's Atletico narrowly defeated Celta de Vigo after a very tough away game.
The winning goal came in the 28th minute, with Kevin Gameiro becoming the hero of the match.
Interestingly, Celta completely dominated the game - they controlled the ball 67 percent of the time, had 19 shots, eight of which were on target. Atletico, on the other hand, only had four shots, two of which were on target, one resulting in the winning goal.
Atletico now has 19 points and is 6 points behind the leaders.
In other matches, Villarreal crushed Las Palmas in the second half, while Leganes defeated Athletic Bilbao.
In the last match of the night, Real Madrid faced Eibar at home. Zinedine Zidane's team continued their winning streak, beating their opponents 3-0.
The first goal came in the 18th minute - an own goal from a defender. In the 28th minute, the score became 2-0 with Marco Asensio scoring after a great pass from Isco.
The final goal was scored in the 82nd minute - Real Madrid created an impressive attack, which ended with Marcelo scoring after entering the field as a substitute. Cristiano Ronaldo, who played the entire match, did not score.
Real Madrid remains in third place, trailing Barcelona by 5 points.
Results:
Celta 0 - 1 Atletico
28' [0 - 1] K. Gameiro
Villarreal 4 - 0 Las Palmas
48' [1 - 0] C. Bakambu
65' [2 - 0] M. Gaspar
67' [3 - 0] X. Navarrro (own goal)
90+3' [4 - 0] N. Sansone
Leganes 1 - 0 Athletic Bilbao
54' [1 - 0] C. Beauvue
Real Madrid 3 - 0 Eibar
18' [1 - 0] P. Oliveira (own goal)
28' [2 - 0] M. Asensio
82' [3 - 0] Marcelo
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