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After a pretty evenly-contested first half, it was all Real Madrid after the break, as Los Blancos fired in three unanswered goals to cut Barcelona’s lead at the top back to two points.
Karim Benzema took his LaLiga tally to 16 this season with a pair of strikes that were both fine, fine efforts, but it was Marco Asensio’s goal that steals the headlines.
On his comeback to action a whole 11 months after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament, the substitute scored with his very first touch, steering Ferland Mendy’s cut-back past goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen just moments after being brought on.
For Valencia, a dreadful second half was topped off by substitute Kang-In Lee’s late red card for wildly hacking at Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos.
