A stunning strike from Vinícius Júnior helped Real Madrid to a 2-0 home win against Villarreal in LaLiga on Saturday as the defending champions provisionally moved level with leaders Barcelona in the standings.
The win was marred late on for Madrid by a serious looking injury to defender Dani Carvajal, who was stretchered off in tears.
Madrid took the lead in the 14th minute with a deflected long-range shot by Federico Valverde following a Luka Modric corner. Brazilian forward Vinicius doubled the advantage with an unstoppable strike into the top corner from outside the box in the 73rd.
Madrid are second in the standings, level with Barcelona on 21 points before the LaLiga leaders visit 11th-placed Alaves on Sunday.
Villarreal are third with 17 points.
Information from Reuters contributed to this report.
