Real Madrid shrugged off the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to record a club record 16th consecutive league win as they defeated 2-0 at Espanyol to stay top of La Liga on Sunday. Victory restores Real’s three-point lead over Barcelona and Las Palmas and equals Barca’s La Liga record of 16 straight wins under Pep Guardiola in 2010/11. “I am happy not just with the goals of James and Karim but with their performance in general,” said Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane. The team are distraught.”At the other end of the table, Villarreal moved up to sixth with their third win in a week as Nicola Sansone’s first-half double earned a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad. Celta Vigo moved off the bottom with their first point of the season in a 0-0 draw at Osasuna.

Source: Hindustan Times September 18, 2016 21:33 UTC