Real Madrid rebounded from its first loss in nearly 10 months by beating Villarreal 2-0 at the possible cost of right back Dani Carvajal in La Liga on Saturday. Federico Valverde and Vinícius Júnior scored for the defending champions four days after they lost at Lille 1-0 in the Champions League to halt a 36-game unbeaten streak in all competitions.

Real Madrid welcomed the Yellow Submarine to the Santiago Bernabeu, and after an end to end start they took the lead after 15 minutes as Federico Valverde's long-range effort took a deflection off a Villarreal defender to fly past Diego Conde and hand the home side the lead.

Real Madrid will hoping to close the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona as they host in-form Villareal on Saturday.  Carlo Ancelotti's men suffered their first defeat in 258 days in midweek as they crashed to a surprise Champions League loss to Lille,