Real Madrid eased the pressure on Zinedine Zidane and delivered a resounding response to its loss to Paris Saint-Germain by winning 1-0 away at high-flying Sevilla in La Liga on Sunday.
Karim Benzema headed in the decisive goal at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan to secure an impressive victory against a Sevilla side that was unbeaten and hoping to return to the top of the table.
Instead, it is Real that goes level on points with Athletic Bilbao in first place after a controlled and determined performance that was by some distance its best since Zidane’s return as coach in March.
“We have had a quite difficult time but the players reacted,” Zidane said.
The results: Premier League: Arsenal 3 (Pepe 59-pen, Chambers 81, Aubameyang 84) bt Aston Villa 2 (McGinn 20, Wesley 61); Chelsea 1 (Kante 71) lost to Liverpool 2 (Alexander-Arnold 14, Firmino 30).
La Liga: Valencia 1 (Parejo 21-pen) drew with Leganes 1 (Rodriguez 35); Athletic Bilbao 2 (Raul Garcia 38-pen, Muniain 72) bt Alaves 0; Sevilla 0 lost to Real Madrid 1 (Benzema 64).
Serie A: Atalanta 2 (Ilicic 84, Castagne 90+5) drew with Fiorentina 2 (Chiesa 24, Ribery 65); Lazio 2 (Immobile 8, Marusic 67) bt Parma 0.
Bundesliga: Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Silva 44, Delaney 88-og) drew with Borussia Dortmund 2 (Witsel 11, Sancho 66).
