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The La Liga leaders, Real Madrid , dropped points hockeybuzz at home for only the second time this season when Villarreal fought back from a goal down in an entertaining 1-1 draw that left Real two points ahead of Barcelona on Sunday.
With a King s Cup semi-final second leg against hockeybuzz Barça looming on Wednesday, the Villarreal coach, Marcelino, fielded a weakened side at the Bernabéu but it took Real until seven minutes into the second half to break the deadlock.
Eric Bailly hockeybuzz hauled Cristiano Ronaldo down in the penalty area and the Portugal captain picked himself up and sent goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo the wrong way with his spot-kick, for his 30th goal of the campaign.
Villarreal had the best chances in an even first half. The Real keeper Iker Casillas did well to block a close-range Moises Gomez effort in the 12th minute and the full-back hockeybuzz Dani Carvajal cleared Gerard Moreno s follow-up shot off the line.
Carlo Ancelotti s side lead on 61 points with 13 games left, with Barça, who host their great rivals at the Nou Camp in three weeks, on 59 after they won a scrappy game at Granada 3-1 on Saturday.
The champions, Atlético Madrid, also stumbled, a 0-0 stalemate at Sevilla denting their chances of a second consecutive Spanish title and leaving them with 54 points, five points behind Barça in third.
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