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Barca wins but Real held
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Neymar scored twice to help Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-1 and take advantage of Real Madrid’s slip as it opened up a five-point lead over its fierce rival at the top of the Spanish league on Saturday.
Third-placed Real fell behind and settled for a 2-2 draw earlier at Osasuna in a match both sides finished with 10 men, and Barcelona didn’t let the chance escape.
Barcelona, still without the injured Lionel Messi, again turned to Neymar after the Brazilian’s hat trick against Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday to convert a penalty on the half-hour mark and restore the lead in the 68th minute after Villarreal had leveled through Mateo Musacchio in the 48th.
Barcelona’s eighth win in as many league games at Camp Nou this season provisionally lifted it three points clear of Atletico Madrid which was hosting Valencia in a tough clash yesterday.
“We played well and knew how to pull out of the game,” Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino said.
Osasuna’s Oriol Riera headed in goals in the 16th and 39th before Real’s woes deepened when Sergio Ramos received his second yellow card in the 44th.
With Cristiano Ronaldo unable to extend his eight-game scoring run for club and country, midfielder Isco Alarcon pulled one back before halftime and passed for Pepe to head home the 80th-minute equalizer seconds after Osasuna’s Francisco Silva also earned his second booking.
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