Real keeps lead after Ronaldo nets twice
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CRISTIANO Ronaldo scored twice in the second half of a 3-0 win at Getafe yesterday as Real Madrid stayed top of the Spanish league at the halfway point.
Madrid started slowly three days after its defense of the Copa del Rey title was ended by Atletico Madrid, but its talented attack came through after light snow fell on the Alfonso Perez Coliseum.
Ronaldo was subdued until Karim Benzema dribbled to the end line and used a skillful change of foot to open a passing angle and set up the Portugal forward to net from close range in the 63rd minute. Bale sprinted forward to redirect James Rodriguez’s long ball with the outer edge of his left foot to double the advantage four minutes later.
Rodriguez continued to excel as Madrid’s playmaker when he spotted Ronaldo calling for the ball and swerved in a perfectly placed cross for the Ballon d’Or winner to head home in the 79th.
Madrid has a four-point lead over Barcelona which visits Deportivo La Coruna later yesterday.
On Saturday, Chelsea routed Swansea 5-0 for the English Premier League leader’s biggest win of the season, while Manchester United produced only its third away success of the campaign at Queens Park Rangers.
Diego Costa and Oscar both scored twice before Andre Schuerrle completed Swansea’s home humiliation, to go provisionally five points ahead of Manchester City.
United labored through the first half at QPR before a second-half turnaround saw substitutes Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson clinch a 2-0 victory. QPR remains in the relegation zone after a fifth straight winless league match, while United remains fourth, two points behind Southampton.
The south-coast team won 2-1 at Newcastle after the first goals from Eljero Elia since joining on loan from Werder Bremen this month. Tottenham moved up to fifth with a 2-1 victory over Sunderland, Liverpool won 2-0 at Aston Villa, bottom-place Leicester lost 0-1 to Stoke, and Crystal Palace came from two goals down to beat Burnley 3-2.
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