Real Madrid secured a comfortable 3-0 victory at Racing Santander on Sunday also marking their sixth consecutive win in all competitions.
Goals from Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and Yan Diomande moved third-placed Real Madrid within three points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona and one point behind second-placed Atletico Madrid. Racing remain in 16th place and just one point above the relegation zone.
Jose Mourinho’s side took control early. Mbappe opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 11th minute. Ten minutes later Arda Guler set up Bellingham, who rounded Racing goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala to double the lead. Diomande sealed the 3-0 win in the 36th minute with a powerful strike into the top corner.
Real Madrid controlled the second half with a disciplined defensive effort with limiting the hosts to just one shot on target. Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had a quiet return after recovering from illness while Mbappe almost added a fourth goal when his effort struck the post on the hour mark.
Speaking after the match manager Mourinho praised his forwards for setting the tone defensively and expressed satisfaction with the team's growing chemistry. Real Madrid will next travel to face AEK Athens in the Champions League on Wednesday.
In other LaLiga action the Athletic Bilbao defeated Real Sociedad 2-1 in the Basque derby, Getafe came from behind to beat Sevilla 3-1 and Valencia earned a 1-0 win over Elche in Javier Aguirre’s first match as manager.
