Real Madrid vs Villarreal – La Liga: Real Madrid 0 – 0 Villarreal: Leaders Real Madrid and mid-table Villarreal continued their unbeaten starts to the La Liga season with a goalless draw at the Bernabeu.The LaLiga leaders were forced to settle for a draw at the Santiago Bernabéu. Real Madrid couldn’t find a way past a solid Villarreal side, in a game that was split evenly between the two halves.
Real Madrid 0 – 0 Villarreal: The visitors enjoyed the better of the first period before Ancelotti’s men came into the game in the second, fighting to the last to take the win. The first chance went the way of the team from Castellón following a fine move by Danjuma, who whipped in a shot from just inside the box but was denied by Courtois’ superb diving stop on 13 minutes.
Real Madrid vs Villarreal in La Liga: Real Madrid and Villarreal maintains their unbeaten record this season, plays out a draw
The Real Madrid response came swiftly from the boots of Karim Benzema. The competition’s leading marksman unleashed a fierce drive from range on 21′ which flew just wide of the target. Two minutes later, Rodrygo caught out the visiting defence with a cross-shot which forced Gerónimo Rulli to exhibit his impressive reactions. Before the half-time whistle was blown, the madridistas claimed a penalty to no avail when Nacho went down under challenge from Albiol.
💬 @David_Alaba: “It wasn’t an easy game, but we knew this beforehand. But we didn’t put pressure on the opponent like we wanted to, the intensity on the pitch wasn’t as high as we wanted it to be. The coach gave us solutions at halftime, and we looked better in the 2nd half. pic.twitter.com/plfM0kLlyD
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) September 25, 2021
At the half-time interval, Ancelotti introduced Eduardo Camavinga in place of Rodrygo and the madridistas came close to making the breakthrough on 50’, when Marco Asensio’s free-kick was met by Militão, who stole a march on everyone but failed to direct his bullet header on target. Five minutes later, a quick-fire counter-attack from the visitors culminated with Danjuma firing in an effort straight at Courtois.
Right-back @mariogaspar90 has once more written his name in Yellow History after becoming the first Villarreal player to reach 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ games in @LaLiga.#RealMadridVillarreal
— Villarreal CF English (@VillarrealCFen) September 25, 2021
Villarreal again came close on 57’, when Juan Foyth nodded on a free-kick into the path of Paco Alcácer, whose first-time effort flashed narrowly past the upright. From that point on, the home side laid siege to the Villarreal goal and very nearly found a winner in the 83rd minute, when Isco got his head to Eden Hazard’s cross, only to be denied as Rulli clawed the ball from off the goal line. Ancelotti’s charges continued to probe, but Villarreal stood firm and showed exactly why they are yet to have been beaten so far this term.
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