Gonzalo Higuain scored one and made the other as Real Madrid
kept the pressure on Barcelona in the Primera Division title race
with victory over fellow high-fliers Real Mallorca at a snow-covered
Bernabeu tonight.
In-form striker Higuain netted the opener and then set up the second
for Esteban Granero as Madrid made it nine wins from nine at home
this season.
It was Madrid's 13th Primera Division win of the season.
Mallorca came into the match boasting an impressive recent record
on the Bernabeu, having won here five times in league and cup in
the last decade, while they were also began the weekend in fourth
place in La Liga following a superb start to the season.
However, the reason Mallorca are so high is almost exclusively
down to their perfect home record as they have won just once away,
and Gregorio Manzano's men were up against it today after falling
behind after eight minutes.
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