Spanish La Liga
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Osasuna 1-3 Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo's 14th La Liga goal of the season gave Real Madrid a first-half lead

Real Madrid moved back above Barcelona to the top of La Liga by winning at Osasuna in a match overshadowed by an awful injury to Tano Bonnin.

The bottom club's full-back broke his leg in a first-half challenge by Isco.

Cristiano Ronaldo slotted a shot under goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu to put the visitors in front, but Sergio Leon ran clear to chip an equaliser.

Isco then darted on to a loose ball to steer a shot inside the far post, and Lucas Vazquez chipped in a late third.

A few minutes before Isco's goal, Real wing-back Danilo was carried off with an ankle injury, having been caught by David Garcia, Tano's replacement.

Real's victory moved them a point ahead of Barcelona, with two games in hand, hours after Luis Enrique's side had gone top by winning 6-0 at Alaves.

It was an untidy performance from Real, who looked uncomfortable with the 3-5-2 formation that manager Zinedine Zidane chose to go with at first.

They looked far better when they reverted to their usual 4-3-3 set-up after Danilo was replaced by James Rodriguez.

Keylor Navas, the visitors' keeper, had to be sharp on several occasions, getting down to push aside Fausto Tienza's deflected shot when the game was goalless, and saving well as on-loan Newcastle forward Emmanuel Riviere fired at goal on the turn just before half-time.

Tano
Tano Bonnin's injury overshadowed Real Madrid's victory

Navas was on form again shortly after half-time as goalscorer Leon cut in from the right to hit a left-footed curler towards the far corner, and dived full length to his left to save the striker's 20-yard shot in the final 10 minutes.

Sirigu, the goalkeeper Osasuna signed on loan from Paris St-Germain in January, reacted brilliantly at the other end to stop Karim Benzema at point-blank range in the first half, and prevented Ronaldo getting his second as he ran clear in the final 20 minutes.

Sadly, though, the game will be remembered chiefly for the injury to Tano, in what looked nothing worse than a committed challenge by Isco.

It was clear immediately that the defender had broken his leg, and both sets of players were visibly upset by the incident.

Osasuna, on their third coach of the season in Petar Vasiljevic, look certain to be relegated at the end of the season, but can take encouragement from a spirited performance in defeat.

Line-ups

Osasuna

Formation 4-4-2

  • 25Sirigu
  • 3Bonnin VásquezSubstituted forGarcíaat 15'minutes
  • 6Sanjurjo Maté
  • 22Vujadinovic
  • 16Fuentes HernándezBooked at 10minsSubstituted forClerc Martínezat 53'minutes
  • 17Romero
  • 14Tienza NúñezBooked at 37minsSubstituted forLoéat 61'minutes
  • 8CausicBooked at 90mins
  • 11Berenguer Remiro
  • 12Riviere
  • 7León Limones

Substitutes

  • 1Fernández
  • 5García
  • 9Riera
  • 19Kodro
  • 20de las Cuevas Barberá
  • 21Clerc Martínez
  • 24Loé

Real Madrid

Formation 3-5-2

  • 1Navas
  • 5Varane
  • 4Ramos
  • 6Nacho
  • 23DaniloSubstituted forRodríguezat 57'minutesBooked at 61mins
  • 19ModricBooked at 28mins
  • 14Casemiro
  • 22IscoSubstituted forKovacicat 88'minutes
  • 12Marcelo
  • 9BenzemaSubstituted forVázquezat 72'minutes
  • 7Cristiano Ronaldo

Substitutes

  • 2Carvajal
  • 3Pepe
  • 10Rodríguez
  • 13Casilla
  • 16Kovacic
  • 17Vázquez
  • 21Morata
Referee:
Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva
Attendance:
17,770

Match Stats

Home TeamOsasunaAway TeamReal Madrid
Possession
Home34%
Away66%
Shots
Home11
Away12
Shots on Target
Home8
Away6
Corners
Home3
Away2
Fouls
Home10
Away8

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Osasuna 1, Real Madrid 3.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Osasuna 1, Real Madrid 3.

  3. Goal!

    Goal! Osasuna 1, Real Madrid 3. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelo.

  4. Booking

    Goran Causic (Osasuna) is shown the yellow card.

  5. Post update

    James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  6. Post update

    Foul by Goran Causic (Osasuna).

  7. Post update

    Attempt missed. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) left footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by James Rodríguez.

  8. Post update

    Attempt saved. Emmanuel Rivière (Osasuna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jaime Romero.

  9. Substitution

    Substitution, Real Madrid. Mateo Kovacic replaces Isco.

  10. Post update

    Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).

  11. Post update

    Oier (Osasuna) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  12. Post update

    Attempt saved. Sergio León (Osasuna) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikola Vujadinovic.

  13. Post update

    Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by James Rodríguez.

  14. Post update

    Isco (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  15. Post update

    Foul by Goran Causic (Osasuna).

  16. Post update

    Casemiro (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  17. Post update

    Foul by Oier (Osasuna).

  18. Post update

    Offside, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.

  19. Post update

    Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by James Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.

  20. Post update

    Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Salvatore Sirigu.

Scores, Results & Fixtures

Saturday 11th February 2017

As It Stood

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Real Madrid20154154183649
2Barcelona22146261184348
3Sevilla21134443281543
4Real Sociedad2213273631541
5Atl Madrid21116436162039
6Villarreal2198428141435
7Ath Bilbao2210572826235
8Eibar219573229332
9Espanyol228863029132
10Celta Vigo209383133-230
11Las Palmas217773132-128
12Alavés226972128-727
13Real Betis216692131-1024
14Malaga215792835-722
15Valencia2155112940-1120
16Dep La Coruña2147102634-819
17Leganés2146111535-2018
18Sporting Gijón2134142243-2113
19Granada2127121744-2713
20Osasuna2217142449-2510
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