A strike from Ivan Rakitic broke the home side's resistance in the 58th minute and top scorer Messi and the in-form Suarez took turns in adding to the scoring to cap a sixth successive league win for Ernesto Valverde's imperious team. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice before leaving the pitch with his face covered in blood as Real Madrid eased their domestic crisis by hammering struggling Deportivo La Coruna 7-1 on Sunday to reclaim fourth spot. The Argentine's second strike moved him on to 19 league goals while Suarez's brace took him to 15, 10 coming in his last seven La Liga games. Real climbed above Villarreal into fourth place on 35 points but are still 19 behind Barcelona. "The players needed a game like this," Real coach Zinedine Zidane told reporters.

Source: bd News24 January 21, 2018 22:07 UTC