Goals And Summary Of Celta 1

Benzema misses a penalty, then converts one a couple minutes later (1:26)Karim Benzema has his penalty saved, then Real Madrid gets another one a couple minutes later which Benzema slots home. (1:26)

Karim Benzema scored two penalties & had another saved as Real Madrid won 2-1 at Celta Vigo on Saturday.

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Benzema put Madrid ahead from the spot in the 19th minute before Celta had a Thiago Galhardo headed equaliser ruled out for offside in a lively first half. The trang chủ side levelled through Nolito on 52 minutes & Benzema saw a second penalty saved by goalkeeper Matias Dituro, before dispatching a third spot kick on 69 minutes khổng lồ secure the three points.

The result leaves Madrid 12 points clear at the top of the LaLiga table with eight games left lớn play. Second-placed Sevilla are due khổng lồ travel lớn Barcelona on Sunday.

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"It was very important," Thibaut Courtois said afterward. "Celta away is always a difficult game, you can always suffer here. All our games here have been tough. I don"t know if we deserved khổng lồ win, in the first half I made two great saves. But in the over we tried to lớn get into their box, they"re three penalties, I think they"re fair, they"re three penalties."

Celta Vigo, however, were far less convinced that all three incidents should have resulted in penalties being given by referee Pablo Gonzalez Fuertes.

"I think the first two were "penaltitos" but the last one wasn"t, from my point of view," Iago Aspas said. "All that was missing was khổng lồ give one last for Pablo to lớn take it. Otherwise it would have been a Benzema hat trick, it seemed lượt thích that was what he wanted."

Manager Carlo Ancelotti was absent at Balaidos after testing positive for COVID-19. The Italian made four changes khổng lồ the team that had lost 4-0 khổng lồ Barca before the international break, with Benzema, Ferland Mendy, Lucas Vazquez and Marco Asensio all starting.

A busy start saw a Iago Aspas shot deflected wide & Benzema put a header into the side netting before Courtois made the first of three spectacular first-half saves, tipping Denis Suarez"s shot over the bar. Nolito"s clumsy challenge felled Eder Militao inside the box và Benzema converted to lớn make this his highest-scoring campaign for Real Madrid.

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Karim Benzema celebrates scoring the first of his two goals for Real Madrid against Celta Vigo on Saturday.GettyCourtois was needed again lớn reach Aspas" curling không tính tiền kick, and later tipped Galhardo"s header onto the post. The ball spun into the net, but referee Gonzalez Fuertes disallowed the goal after consulting the pitchside VAR monitor, ruling that the offside Aspas had prevented defender David Alaba from making a goal-line clearance.

After half-time, keeper Dituro pushed away Luka Modric"s dipping shot, but Celta struck next at the other end, Nolito sweeping past Courtois to lớn make it 1-1.

Madrid were awarded a second penalty when substitute Rodrygo took on defender Jeison Murillo và was brought down, only for Dituro lớn deny Benzema.

Five minutes later, the France forward had the chance khổng lồ make amends when Mendy went down under full-back Kevin Vazquez"s challenge, & this time sent Dituro the wrong way to lớn score his 34th goal of the season in all competitions.

Madrid will now turn their attention back khổng lồ the Champions League and Wednesday"s quarterfinal first leg at Chelsea.

"Winning today is important," Courtois said. "Chelsea lost at home today, they"ll be strong on Wednesday, it will be another great game. We have to give more, we lack a bit of intensity sometimes, we can"t lack intensity on Wednesday, Chelsea are good lượt thích that. We have lớn be intense & aggressive, because we have the football."