Dan Thomas

They did so without Vinicius Junior who was suspended.

Rodrigo and Bellingham both injured.

They'd win by two goals to nil.

Carreras with the first in the 65th minute and Mbappe late on making it 2-0.

Far from convincing once again then from Arbeno's side but enough to give them three points.

Real Madrid, then, are one point still of Barcelona at the top of the table.

Atleti losing today.

Meanwhile, at the bottom, you can just see how close it is.

We've discussed this, of course, at length, how tight it is really for the whole bottom half of the table.

But for Valencia, they are very much in the danger zone, just one ahead of Rayo Vallecano.

For more, let's lock them in, shall we?

Sid Lowe joins us from Valencia.

Sid.

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter that Vinicius Junior's not there or Bellingham isn't there, Rodrigo's injured.

This is exactly the same we've seen from Real Madrid pretty much all season.

Just enough to get across the line.

Well, we just keep talking about the Barcelona high line and they're winning.

We keep talking about Real Madrid being rubbish and they're winning, picking up the points.

It's a sign of champions, isn't it?