Real
Madrid moved to within a point of La Liga leaders Barcelona after
five of their leading attacking lights got on the scoresheet in a 5-1
thrashing at struggling Getafe.
Karim
Benzema, Isco, Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and Cristiano Ronaldo all
scored as Madrid moved on to 75 points and provisionally ahead of
city rivals Atletico, who play Granada on Sunday, when Barcelona host
Valencia.
Real
Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said in February that the title race was
over, but after watching his side outclass Getafe he was far more
optimistic about their chances.
"I
think we have a better chance of winning the league because we keep
on getting closer," Zidane said.
"We
believe it's possible and against Getafe we showed from the start
that we wanted to do everything right."
Sporting
Gijon remain in the relegation zone, despite ending Las Palmas's
three-game winning streak by coming from behind to draw 1-1, while
Real Sociedad failed to build on last week's win over Barca and lost
a controversial Basque derby with Eibar 2-1.
Benzema
opened the scoring for Real after 29 minutes by tapping home from
close range and then laid on the pass for Isco to double the lead in
the 40th.
Bale
got the third five minutes after the restart, taking his league tally
to 16 goals this season, his best since moving to Madrid in 2013.
Pablo
Sarabia pulled one back for Getafe in the 84th, but Rodriguez added
another for Madrid, before Ronaldo tapped in with the final kick of
the game.
Las
Palmas and Sporting had a 1-1 draw while Eibar defeated Real Sociedad
2-1.
Celta
Vigo and Real Betis shared the points after a 1-1 draw.
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