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Real reserves thrash Granada, Barca’s ‘MSN’ hit 100 mark
Football, Oversea's Football Leagues, Sports
May 6, 2017

Real reserves thrash Granada, Barca’s ‘MSN’ hit 100 mark

MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Alvaro Morata and James Rodriguez scored twice as a much-changed Real Madrid moved to within three victories of winning La Liga, with a 4-0 demolition of Tony Adams’ already-relegated Granada.

Earlier, Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were all on target to take their combined tally for the season to 102, as Barcelona kept pace at the top with a 4-1 win over Villarreal.Barca remain top thanks to their superior head-to-head record, with the two locked on 84 points, but Real have three games remaining to the Catalans’ two.Real coach Zinedine Zidane continued his rotation policy of recent weeks, with nine changes from the side that beat Atletico Madrid 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday as hat-trick hero Cristiano Ronaldo was left out of the squad entirely.However, it mattered little as Real maintained their perfect La Liga record in nine games without Ronaldo this season.Real had mercy on the hosts after the break, but now just need seven points from their last three games against Sevilla, Celta Vigo and Malaga, to seal a first La Liga title in five years.Barca maintained the pressure on the European champions with all of their front three on top form against Villarreal.Neymar took advantage of a blocked shot from Messi to prod home the opener from close range after 21 minutes.However, Villarreal striker Cedric Bakambu continued his brilliant form to bring the visitors level just 11 minutes later when he streaked clear of Gerard Pique before slotting home his seventh goal in six games.Barca got a slice of luck to regain the lead just before the break as Messi’s effort from the edge of the area deflected beyond Andres Fernandez for the Argentine’s 50th goal of the season and to bring up a combined 100 for him, Suarez and Neymar for the campaign.Suarez took that tally to 101 and killed the game off as a contest when he turned Jaume Costa and fired low and hard past Fernandez.Costa was also the man at fault as he was harshly adjudged to have handled inside his own box after a sensational piece of skill from Neymar eight minutes from time.And Messi chipped the resulting penalty down the middle of the goal to round off the scoring.Atletico guaranteed a top-four finish as Saul Niguez’s winner 21 minutes from time earned a 1-0 win over Eibar.At the other end of the table, Sporting Gijon kept their hopes of staying up alive with a 1-0 win over Las Palmas.

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