Zinedine Zidane’s men did not have it all their own way against their relegation-threatened visitors, but Mariano’s strikes in the opening moments of either half helped Madrid overcome the absence of their leading scorer and unsettled forward Gareth Bale, who was left out of the squad.
When careless play allowed Gerard Moreno to plunder an equaliser for Villarreal it looked as though Madrid’s recent struggles would continue, but Jesus Vallejo restored calm around the Santiago Bernabeu with his first goal of the season before Mariano netted his second.
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