Runaway LaLiga leaders Real Madrid continued their march towards the title with an easy 4-2 victory away at Osasuna Saturday, with Vinicius Junior scoring a brace.
Real are alone at the league summit with 72 points, 10 ahead of second-placed Girona who lost 1-0 away to Getafe later Saturday.
Osasuna are 11th with 36 points.
The win extended Real's unbeaten streak to 23 matches.
"Great game, from the beginning to the end, with good commitment, good attitude; it was an important game to get ahead of and we made the most of it," manager Carlo Ancelotti told Real Madrid TV.
Vinicius put the visitors ahead after four minutes but Osasuna's Ante Budimir levelled the score three minutes later by slotting in a close-range shot following a corner.
Dani Carvajal restored Real's lead after 18 minutes, using the outside of his foot to steer a curving shot into the far corner.
Brahim Diaz scored the third goal for the visitors in the 61st minute, before Vinicius got his second three minutes later with a low finish from a tight angle inside the box.
"He (Vinicius) could (have scored) four goals without a problem; he has been extraordinary in all the situations he has had, correct, cold in front of the goal. We need a player like that," Ancelotti added.
In stoppage time, Osasuna got their second goal when Iker Munoz received a cutback inside the box and sent a powerful shot into the net.
Arda Guler had the chance to score a fifth goal for Real in the dying moments of the match but his shot from the center of the field hit the top of the crossbar and bounced out.
RESULTS
Athletic 2 (Guruzeta 32, 37) Alaves 0
Getafe 1 (Santiago 33) Girona 0
Mallorca 1 (Raillo 85) Granada 0
Osasuna 2 (Budimir 7, Munoz 90+1) Real Madrid 4 (Vinicius 4, 64, Carvajal 18, Diaz 61)
Friday
Sociedad 2 (Merino 28, Zkharyan 68) Cadiz 0


