There was no Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale or Karim Benzema but it was no problem for Zinedine Zidane’s team as they won 6-2 at Deportivo La Coruña to close the gap. Former Real Madrid B striker Joselu - on loan from Stoke - pulled another goal back for Deportivo but the visitors always had another in them and that honour fell to Casemiro. Earlier Barcelona blitzed Osasuna with four goals in 10 second-half minutes. Luis Enrique rested several of his regular starters, including Luis Suárez, Andrés Iniesta and Jordi Alba – an understandable move following gruelling matches against Juventus and Real Madrid and before the weekend’s derby at Espanyol. However, the decision might have been briefly questioned when Roberto Torres pulled a goal back at the start of the second half.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 20:37 UTC