Real Madrid vs. Valencia: Score, Reaction from 2016 La Liga Match

Real Madrid kept alive their chances of winning the 2015-16 La Liga title on Sunday after downing 10-man Valencia 3-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu to move up to second, leaving them within one point of leaders Barcelona.

Cristiano Ronaldo recorded his 200th and 201st goals at the Bernabeu and was joined on the scoresheet by BBC attack partner Karim Benzema, while Rodrigo—who later saw red—and Andre Gomes netted for the visitors.  

Over at the Camp Nou, Barcelona clinched a 5-0 win over Espanyol to maintain their lead at the top, while Atletico Madrid’s 2-1 loss at Levante brought about the end of their title chase.

Blogger Liam Canning highlighted the tense campaign, with Real launching a well-timed leap up the standings:

Wow – Levante score to make it 2-1 vs Atlético. Going into the final day:Barça 88Real Madrid 87Atlético 85Superb finale!

— Liam Canning (@OffsideLiam) May 8, 2016

Real entered Sunday’s showdown with Valencia having won their previous 10 league meetings, while Los Che were looking to bounce back from a recent two-match spin without tasting victory.

But Valencia found their hopes dashed after 26 minutes, when Marcelo embarked on a run down the left flank before centring the ball to Ronaldo, as captured by Instagram user Pulpficcion:

Real Madrid vs Valencia. Gol de @cristiano #halamadrid #realmadrid #futbol #liga #bernabeu #cristianoronaldo

A video posted by Jesús. Real Madrid. (@pulpficcion) on May 8, 2016 at 8:28am PDT

It was the Portuguese’s 200th career goal at the Bernabeu. An impressive enough feat in itself, but Eurosport went one further in detailing the prolific nature in which he’s also bagged that historic …

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