Madrid travel to Saudi Arabia next to take part in the Spanish Super Cup.
Villarreal's Spanish forward Gerard Moreno beats Thibaut Courtois from the penalty spotMADRID - Real Madrid blew a chance to ramp up the pressure on La Liga leaders Barcelona in the title race as they fell 2-1 at Villarreal in a disjointed display on Saturday.
Carlo Ancelotti's side caught up with Barcelona last weekend after Xavi's team drew with Espanyol in the Catalan derby, but Madrid have not started 2023 particularly well. Los Blancos have struggled away at Villarreal in recent years, with two wins in 11 visits, the last coming in 2017 when Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Alvaro Morata were on the scoresheet.
Gerard Moreno played in Yeremy Pino but Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois did brilliantly to thwart the Spanish winger as he attempted to dribble round him. Benzema chose poorly when racing through on goal with Vinicius in support, crashing into last man Raul Albiol instead of springing the Brazilian.
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