Bale hits back
DEADLY DUO Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo led the charge as Real Madrid fought back from two down to win 3-2 at Villarreal last night.
Manu Trigueros and Cedric Bakambu had given the home side a shock 2-0 lead.
But Bale’s 64th-minute header and a Ronaldo penalty 10 minutes later made it all square before striker Alvaro Morata’s winner put Real back on top of La Liga by a point from Barcelona.
Villarreal were handicapped by keeper Sergio Asenjo being taken to hospital after suffering a knee injury in the first half.
Lionel Messi was again the scourge of Atletico Madrid ® with an 86th-minute winner, his 22nd goal in 22 league games.
A below-par Barca display saw Rafinha’s scrappy second-half opener cancelled out by Diego Godin’s header before Messi’s late strike made it 2-1.
Radja Nainggolan scored twice as Roma won 3-1 at Inter Milan to stay seven points behind Serie A leaders Juventus.
Juve ran up a 30th consecutive home win to beat Empoli 2-0.
Paris St-Germain thrashed Marseille 5-1 last night and are three points behind French league leaders Monaco.
Memphis Depay hit two goals as Lyon thumped Metz 5-0.
P W D L F A Pt Juventus ................ 26 22 0 4 55 17 66 Roma ...................... 26 19 2 5 57 23 59 Napoli ..................... 26 16 6 4 60 29 54 Lazio ...................... 26 15 5 6 45 29 50 Atalanta ................. 26 15 4 7 41 26 49 Inter Milan .............. 26 15 3 8 41 27 48 AC Milan ................ 26 14 5 7 37 29 47 Fiorentina .............. 25 11 7 7 42 35 40 Sampdoria ............. 26 9 8 9 31 32 35 Chievo .................... 26 10 5 11 28 34 35 Torino .................... 25 9 8 8 46 40 35 Cagliari .................. 26 9 4 13 35 52 31 Sassuolo ................ 26 9 3 14 35 42 30 Udinese .................. 26 8 5 13 28 35 29 Bologna ................. 26 7 7 12 24 39 28 Genoa .................... 26 6 8 12 28 41 26 Empoli .................... 26 5 8 13 15 36 23 Palermo ................. 26 3 6 17 22 50 15 Crotone .................. 26 3 4 19 21 45 13 Pescara .................. 26 2 6 18 27 57 12 L F A Pt 2 60 2 65 4 48 5 44 8 37 5 32 8 31 8 39 7 33 9 37 7 24 10 32 10 31 12 34 11 23 13 20 12 26 15 26 14 21 16 24 22 55 20 54 29 52 21 45 32 44 18 39 29 38 31 38 31 35 37 34 29 33 36 28 40 26 43 26 37 24 39 21 39 19 48 17 51 16 55 10