




Agency :
A goal from Yeremy Pino and a penalty from Gerard Moreno gave Villarreal a 2-1 win at home to Real Madrid in a thrilling La Liga match on Saturday.
With defender Dani Carvajal injured, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti named a starting lineup without a single Spanish player in a league game for the first time ever.
Villarreal started brightly and could have had two goals in the opening minutes, with Francis Coquelin hitting the post, but somehow the game arrived at the break 0-0.
Pino’s powerful shot put Villarreal ahead early in the second half, but Real Madrid were level just before the hour when the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) awarded the club a penalty after the ball brushed defender Juan Foyth’s hand.
Karim Benzema made no mistake from the penalty spot, but three minutes later another controversial handball saw Villarreal awarded a spot-kick and this time Moreno sent Thibaut Courtois the wrong way to give his side a decisive 2-1 lead.
Both teams had further chances in the last half hour, but the result remained unchanged.