Cristiano Ronaldo double drags Real Madrid to narrow win at Eibar

Real Madrid put in a shaky performance but maintained their fine recent form with a 2-1 win at Eibar. Zinedine Zidane’s side have now won eight of their last nine matches in all competitions, but still trail Barcelona, who have a game in hand, by 12 points.

The home side dominated the first 30 minutes and created several chances but against the run of play, a delightful pass from Luka Modric sliced through the Eibar defence for Cristiano Ronaldo to open the scoring. Iván Ramis headed home Pedro León’s corner to level five minutes after the restart, but Ronaldo then doubled his tally, after being denied by two brilliant saves from Marko Dmitrovic, to seal all three points.

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