{"id":300351,"date":"2023-12-17T23:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T23:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300351"},"modified":"2023-12-17T23:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T23:24:43","slug":"real-madrid-4-1-villarreal-bellingham-scores-as-hosts-claim-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/real-madrid-4-1-villarreal-bellingham-scores-as-hosts-claim-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid 4-1 Villarreal:\u00a0Bellingham scores as hosts claim top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Real Madrid 4-1 Villarreal:\u00a0Jude Bellingham heads home his 17th goal this season as hosts return to top of LaLiga, but win is marred by\u00a0David Alaba&#8217;s knee injury<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jude Bellingham scored again as Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>David Alaba limped off the pitch with what appeared to be a serious injury<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;There&#8217;s no bigger waste of time!&#8217; What is the point of the Club World Cup? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Jude Bellingham-inspired Real Madrid moved seven points clear of Barcelona and eight clear of Atletico Madrid with a thumping win over Villarreal, but delight at going back to the top of LaLiga was tempered by what looked like a serious injury suffered by David Alaba.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Hey Jude\u2019 was ringing around the Bernabeu as Bellingham scored the first to take his extraordinary tally to 17 in 20 games in all competitions but it was not all good news with Alaba taken off in the first half with a suspected cruciate ligament tear.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham has centre-forward numbers and he scored a centre-forward\u2019s goal to break the deadlock on 25 minutes. Lucas Vazquez crossed from the right to Luka Modric who clipped a sublime ball into the middle and Bellingham powered a header past Filip Jorgensen.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrygo doubled Madrid\u2019s advantage 12 minutes later when Villarreal failed to clear Modric\u2019s corner and the Brazilian swept the ball in from just inside the six-yard box \u2013 his ninth goal in the last 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>Between the goals came that awful moment for Alaba. He was pressing Gerard Moreno from behind and appeared to badly twist his left knee. Nacho came on \u2013 he and Antonio Rudiger are now the last men standing in the centre of Real Madrid\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79065781-0-image-a-67_1702852972060.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham scored again as Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79066141-0-image-a-81_1702853838097.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Midfielder headed in a superb cross from Luka Modric to put Real ahead in the 25th minute<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid\u2019s first reaction was to say only that the injury looked bad. If the worst is confirmed and Alaba has torn his cruciate ligament \u2013 an injury already suffered this season by keeper Thibaut Courtois and centre-back Edu Militao \u2013 then they will be forced into the market for a reinforcement in January.<\/p>\n<p>Villarreal were back in the game just short of 10 minutes into the second half when Jose Luis Morales ran in behind Antonio Rudiger on to a Ramon Terrats pass to make it 2-1. Morales has scored five goals in the league since Marcelino took over the team.<\/p>\n<p>But the margin was two goals again on 64 minutes with a brilliant third for Real Madrid scored by Brahim Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>He spun away from Aisa Mandi on the half way line and carried the ball into the penalty area where he sent Mandi\u2019s central defensive partner Jorge Cuenca the wrong way before firing past Jorgensen.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth came just four minutes later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Etienne Capoue played the ball back into trouble and when Rodrygo\u2019s shot was blocked it ran to Modric who buried it for his first goal of the season. Madrid were really in the mood now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham had just been booked for doing nothing more than trying to shake off Adria Altimira who was trying to take the shirt off his back \u2013 his outstretched hand towards the face of the offender was punished in the same way as Altimira\u2019s lengthy shirt pull.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79066103-0-image-a-73_1702853700562.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Forward Rodrygo doubled Real Madrid&#8217;s lead with a close-range finish in the 37th minute<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79066101-0-image-a-74_1702853702757.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Alaba limped off the pitch in the first half with what appeared to be a serious injury<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>When Bellingham went down moments later and the referee gave no foul he signaled to the crowd to raise the volumen \u2013 the match official Jorge Figueroa V\u00e1zquez seemed to perceive an attempt at some incitement and, offended, warned Bellingham that he could pick up a second yellow.<\/p>\n<p>The England midfielder does not know the meaning of easing up and with the score at 4-1 he was still racing into every challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti took him off with 10 minutes left. Toni Kroos went too as Aurelien Tchouameni came back after six weeks out with a broken foot.<\/p>\n<p>Former Blackburn forward Ben Brereton came on for Villarreal late on but the game was long gone and Real Madrid were back on top of La Liga albeit with Girona knowing that a win for them on Monday against Alaves will return them to the summit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12875021\/Real-Madrid-4-1-Villarreal-Jude-Bellingham-heads-home-17th-goal-season-hosts-return-LaLiga-win-marred-David-Alabas-knee-injury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid 4-1 Villarreal:\u00a0Jude Bellingham heads home his 17th goal this season as hosts return to top of LaLiga, but win is marred by\u00a0David Alaba&#8217;s knee injury Jude Bellingham scored again as Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga David Alaba limped off the pitch with what appeared to be a serious injury&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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