Africa-Press – Nigeria. Real Madrid came out as winners of the Madrid derby by inflicting a 2-0 defeat on city rivals Atletico in a La Liga clash on Saturday night.
The defeat ended Atletico’s 26-game unbeaten run in the league, with their last two La Liga losses coming against Real – in February and today.
It is worthy of note that Atletico’s 26-game unbeaten run was the longest of any team in Europe’s top five leagues.
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Atletico remain at the summit of La Liga, a point above second-placed Real Sociedad.
Real could have been nine points behind Atletico but instead the gap is down to three.
A goal by Casemiro and an own goal by Jan Oblak helped the defending champions enter back into the title race.
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