Real Madrid 3-0 Eibar: Asensio shines as Los Blancos play catch-up
Zidane's side took advantage of Eibar errors, including an own goal by Oliveira
Asensio scored the second with a volley and Marcelo nabbed a third
Real Madrid moved third thanks to Marco Asensio and a bit of help from Eibar. The young forward forced an own goal from Paulo Oliveira in the 18th minute when he curled in a cross from the right, before netting the second himself.
Real Madrid
3 ________________ 0
Eibar
LINE UP
Real Madrid
Casilla, Nacho, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Theo Hernández, Modric, Casemiro, Ceballos (Marcelo, 71'), Isco (Lucas Vázquez, 71'), Cristiano Ronaldo y Marco Asensio (Benzema, 64').
Eibar
Dmitrovic, Capa (Rubén Peña, 72'), Arbilla, Lombán, Oliveira, Cote, Jordán, Rivera, Escalante (Sergi Enrich,79'), Inui y Charles (Kike García, 63').
Goles
1-0, Oliveira remata en propia portería un centro de Marco Asensio (18'); 2-0, Marco Asensio remata de volea un centro de Isco ante la pasividad del meta visitante. 3-0, Marcelo culmina con un disparo raso y cruzado una bonita combinación con Theo y Benzema.
Árbitro
Álvarez Izquierdo (colegio catalán). Amonestó a Casemiro (23'), Charles (23')
Incidencias
Partido de la 9ª jornada de la Liga Santander disputado en el estadio Santiago Bernabéu en presencia de 70.000 espectadores.
Eibar countered a few times but lacked the killer instinct to take advantage and Madrid were comfortable, even though Cristiano Ronaldo offered nothing up front.
The onus instead fell to Asensio and the dazzling Isco, the latter of whom crossed for the former in the 28th minute, to volley home.
Madrid had chances after that with Ronaldo and substitute Benzema wasteful, before Marcelo scored a neat third with a low effort from the edge of the area to round things off.
The victory means they sit five points behind Barcelona and one behind Valencia, but are one ahead of Atletico Madrid.
