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Vinícius Júnior struck doubly and Kylian Mbappé scored earlier going disconnected injured arsenic Real Madrid bushed third-placed Villarreal 3-1 to determination connected apical of La Liga.
Moments aft scoring successful the 81st infinitesimal connected Saturday, Mbappé sat down and clutched his close ankle. The France prima past made a motion with his hands to awesome helium could not continue. Following little attraction helium walked disconnected unassisted and went consecutive down the tunnel.
The triumph moved Madrid 2 points supra defending champion Barcelona, which tin reclaim the pb with a triumph astatine Sevilla connected Sunday but is missing prima winger Lamine Yamal with a pubic injury.
Vinícius netted successful the 47th erstwhile helium chopped successful from the near and his debased onslaught clipped the bottommost of Santi Comesaña earlier wrong-footing goalkeeper Arnau Tenas.
Vinícius netted from the punishment spot successful the 69th aft being barged over. Mbappé is Madrid's accustomed punishment taker but fto him person it, and Vinícius squeezed a tame changeable nether the assemblage of Tenas arsenic helium guessed correctly.
Villarreal winger Georges Mikautadze pulled a extremity backmost with a good changeable past Courtois from 20 meters.
But the hard enactment was undone erstwhile defender Santiago Mouriño was sent disconnected 4 minutes aboriginal for a 2nd yellowish paper pursuing a foul connected Vinícius.
Villarreal past mislaid the shot carelessly and Mbappé swapped passes with Brahim Díaz earlier guiding successful his 14th extremity successful 10 games.
Girona wins to enactment Mallorca last
Struggling Girona picked up a much-needed triumph aft holding connected to bushed Valencia 2-1 to determination disconnected the bottom.
Girona midfielder Iván Martín was sent disconnected successful the 80th for a 2nd yellowish paper and his teammates kept retired Valencia successful 10 minutes of stoppage time.
Ukrainian striker Vladyslav Vanat enactment Girona up from extracurricular the punishment area. Diego López equalized successful the 2nd fractional but Girona regained the pb soon aft done Arnau Martínez pursuing a set-piece.
Elsewhere, Athletic Bilbao moved up to 5th spot with a scrappy 2-1 triumph against Mallorca, which dropped to last.
Striker Iñaki Williams drew the foul and converted a punishment for Bilbao early.
After Samú Costa equalized successful the 2nd half, midfielder Alejandro Rego's extremity restored the pb 5 minutes later. Mallorca's Antonio Sánchez was sent disconnected successful the past minute.
Levante cruises to victory
Levante scored successful each fractional successful a 2-0 triumph astatine Oviedo.
Right winger Carlos Álvarez pounced successful the 30th with a changeable into the apical near country from Manu Sánchez's cross.
Oviedo brought connected 40-year-old midfielder Santi Cazorla, the erstwhile Spain international, aboriginal successful the 2nd half. But Cameroonian striker Karl Etta Eyong doubled the pb from adjacent scope pursuing a corner.
