Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo scored at the end of each half to give Real Madrid a 2-0 victory over Eibar, which moves the Blancos within six points of leaders Barcelona.
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Losing three games on the spin in La Liga is unthinkable for Real Madrid, but Eibar are more than capable of making that happen as they continue their own push for a Champions League place.
Rafa Benitez may have the public backing of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, but it appears to be a very different story behind the scenes.
Madrid were hardly impressive as they beat Shakhtar Donetsk 4-3 in the Champions League whilst of course the previous weekend they were dismantled by Barcelona in El Clasico. But can Real pick up another win today?
But Benitez insists on remaining optimistic and pointed to his team rediscovering its scoring punch at Shakhtar, instead of their porous defense that has conceded 10 goals in the last three matches.
Real go into the game on the back of two consecutive defeats in the La Liga. “I want to take away the positive aspects and we will analyze the mistakes we made”.
However, Madrid can expect an extremely tricky test against an Eibar side that are surpassing all expectations on just their second season in the top flight and now sit sixth.
In come keeper Keylor Navas, defender Danilo, midfielder Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez.
Raphael Varane (Left) will no longer be available for Real for three weeks. Isco is also out of this contest after picking up a two-match suspension.
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“To have any chance of springing a surprise we have to just be ourselves”, added the 25-year-old. Anyone might have felt that the game was won.
