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Madrid destroy Racing, Barca cruise
Real crushed Racing Santander 6-1 in their La Liga clash @ the Bernabeu on Sat nite as they returned 2 the top of the La Liga table.
The star 4 Jose Mourinho's men was CR, who put in a sensational performance, netting 4 goals 4 Los Blancos. Gonzalo Higuain opened the scoring aft 10 mins & Real nvr looked back, with Ronaldo adding a brace 2 make it 3-0 aft half an hour.
Another 2 fr the Portuguese 4ward, including a penalty, & 63rd-minute strike fr Mesut Ozil completed the home team's scoring, with Santander claiming a consolation goal thru Markus Rosenberg with 17 mins remaining.
Barca had earlier secured a comfortable 2-0 victory @ Real Zaragoza courtesy of 2 goals fr Lionel Messi.
Messi - who struck a hat-trick @ La Romareda last season - broke the deadlock towards the end of the 1st half when he ran onto David Villa's through-ball b4 slipping the ball beyond Zaragoza gk Antonio Doblas.
He completed the scoring on 66 mins when he fired home the rebound aft Andres Iniesta had seen his shot blocked.
Valencia - league leaders @ the start of October - saw their recent dip in form continue as they went down to a 2-1 defeat @ home 2 Real Mallorca.
Valencia had won all but 1 of their games in La Liga prior 2 last week's 2-1 defeat 2 Barcelona, but they looked out of sorts in the Champions League draw against Rangers in midweek.
On Saturday, they were 2 goals down inside half an hour at the Mestalla as a Gonzalo Castro brace - the 1st a penalty - put Mallorca in control. Roberto Soldado reduced the arrears shortly afterwards fr the penalty spot, but the hosts were unable 2 find an equaliser.
Current Table Standing:
1 Real Madrid P8 W6 D2 L0 GS22 GA4 GD+18 Pts20
2 Barcelona P8 W6 D1 L1 GS14 GA6 GD+8 Pts19
3 Villarreal P7 W5 D1 L1 GS14 GA6 GD+8 Pts16
4 Valencia P8 W5 D1 L2 GS13 GA8 GD+5 Pts16
5 Atlético Madrid P7 W4 D1 L2 GS12 GA7 GD+5 Pts13
6 Espanyol P7 W4 D0 L3 GS6 GA9 GD-3 Pts12