La Liga: Real Madrid win at Cadiz;Inaki Williams inspires Bilbao win in Basque derby
Nacho and Marco Asensio scored within four minutes late in the second half to give Real Madrid a 2-0 win at lowly Cadiz on Saturday and cut Barcelona’s lead in LaLiga to 10 points.
Second-placed Real maintained their slim title chances by moving up to 62 points, behind Barcelona who travel to Getafe on Sunday. Atletico de Madrid are third on 57 points and host Almeria on Sunday.
Real dominated the match with more than 70 per cent of possession and had several opportunities including three shots that hit the post.
They did not manage to score until the 72nd minute when defender Nacho collected a pass from Aurelien Tchouameni and unleashed a fantastic long-range strike which went into the bottom left corner.
Four minutes later, Asensio extended their lead by netting a strike from the edge of the box into the bottom left corner.
Black Stars forward Inaki Williams is currently in top form, having scored two goals in Athletic Bilbao’s win over Real Sociedad in the Basque derby on Saturday at Sam Mames.
Having scored in his last two games, the Ghanaian’s brace helped his team beat their fierce rivals 2-0 and move closer to securing European football for next season in La Liga.
Real Sociedad goalkeeper Alex Remiro was able to make good saves from Nico and Inaki Williams before the latter scored the opener by stabbing home a corner. Despite La Real’s complaints that Inaki had handled the ball after taking a swing and mishitting it, VAR confirmed otherwise.
Athletic goalkeeper Unai Simon made a great double save to deny Ander Barrenetxea and Take Kubo, maintaining his team’s lead.
Inaki then scored his second goal after 70 minutes, driving into the box and firing past Remiro from a tight angle.
Although Alexander Sorloth had a chance to score for the visitors, he inexplicably slammed the ball over the bar from point-blank range.
Barrenetxea also missed a chance to score when he was unmarked in the box late on, leaving Athletic fans laughing at their luck in the stands.
