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La Liga: Real despair at home

Pablo Fornals scores as Villarreal snatch 1-0 win over struggling Real Madrid

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Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the La Liga match against Villarreal in Madrid on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the La Liga match against Villarreal in Madrid on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images

Villarreal piled the pressure on under-fire Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane as they snatched a 1-0 win over the struggling La Liga champions at the Bernabeu on Saturday. Real reached the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey - where they will face Leganes - in midweek, but started the day 16 points behind rivals Barcelona in the league. And that massive gap remains in tact after a sublime finish from Pablo Fornals finished off an 87th-minute counter-attack from the Yellow Submarine, who had goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo to thank for a number of vital saves.

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