Man of the moment Marco Asensio scored twice and Cristiano Ronaldo was also on target as Real Madrid kept up the feel-good factor with a thrilling 5-3 victory at Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday night.
Madrid had been 2-1 down at half-time in a fantastic game at the Benito Villamarin, but it came roaring back in the second half with Sergio Ramos, Asensio — who had scored the opener — Ronaldo and Karim Benzema finding the net.
T his victory confirms that Zinedine Zidane’s side is looking better in La Liga now, too. It remains fourth, a huge 17 points behind leader Barcelona. “It was an end-to-end game, a bit crazy, but I like that. It shows that we had a proper opponent,” said Zidane.
The results : La Liga : Real Betis 3 (Mandi 33, Nacho 37-og, Sergio Leon 84) lost to Real Madrid 5 (Asensio 10, 58, Ramos 50, Ronaldo 65, Benzema 90+1); Espanyol 1 (Granero 85) drew with Villarreal 1 (Rodri 25); Atletico Madrid 2 (Gameiro 67, Costa 80) bt Athletic Bilbao 0.
Serie A : Atalanta 1 (Petagna 45+1) drew with Fiorentina 1 (Badelj 16); AC Milan 1 (Bonaventura 14) bt Sampdoria 0; Benevento 3 (Sandro 37, Viola 65, Diabate 89) bt Crotone 2 (Crociata 11, Benali 73); Bologna 2 (Poli 12, Pulgar 88) bt Sassuolo 1 (Babacar 38).
Bundesliga : Augsburg 0 lost to Stuttgart 1 (Gomez 27); Borussia Monchengladbach 0 lost to Borussia Dortmund 1 (Reus 32) .
