Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal: Mariano proves a point for Los Blancos
The striker hit two in an interesting game even though Madrid have little to play for
Mariano Diaz hit a double for Real Madrid as they finally gave their fans something to smile about in an exciting win over Villarreal.
Xavi Canals
MATCH FACTS
RMA
3-2
VIL
Real Madrid
Courtois, Carvajal, Varane, Vallejo, Marcelo, Fede Valverde (Isco, 62'), Casemiro, Kroos, Lucas Vázquez (Marco Asensio, 62'), Mariano y Brahim (Vinicius, 74').
Villarreal
Andrés, Mario Gaspar (Jaume Costa, 82'), Álvaro, Funes Mori, Quintillà, Fornals, Iborra, Santi Cazorla, Chukwueze (Bacca, 72'), Gerard Moreno y Pedraza (Manu Trigueros, 56').
Goles
1-0 M.2 Mariano. 1-1 M.11 Gerard Moreno. 2-1 M.40 Vallejo. 3-1 M.49 Mariano. 3-2 M.93 Jaume Costa.
Árbitro
Gil Manzano (extremeño). TA: Funes Mori (43'), Álvaro (84'), Iborra (89').
Incidencias
Partido correspondiente a la jornada 36 de la Liga Santander, disputado en el Santiago Bernabéu ante 46.294 espectadores.
The striker, who has barely featured this season, broke the deadlock after two minutes when Santi Cazorla lost the ball.
However Gerard Moreno equalised in the 11th minute with a good finish from the edge of the box.
Madrid moved back ahead when young defender Jesus Vallejo finished from close range.
Mariano added another after the break from nearly on the line, with Jaume Costa pulling one back.
Real Madrid were able to welcome back Vinicius Junior from a two-month injury lay-off.
