Real out to home in on Liga title after raiding Bayern

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The last time Real failed to score was last April, in a 0-0 draw at Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals.

"It was a great honour to score 100 goals in Europe", he said.

"They are still a first division team".

"We know April will be a hard, decisive month, and the team looks good".

Bayern had Javi Martinez sent off in the second half, paving the way for Ronaldo's 77th-minute victor. They permitted a goal from Arturo Vidal by a corner. In the first half, he just about managed to get a fingertip to push Karim Benzema's looping header onto the crossbar, before then denying Wales forward Gareth Bale at point-blank range as well as producing superb stops to beat away goal-bound efforts from both France forward Benzema and then Ronaldo.

"It is not easy to play here, Bayern have great players and are a great team, but we still needed to play well in the second half".

Reports in Spain yesterday suggested five Madrid players had expressed concerns about the 32-year-old.

Jazz's Rudy Gobert helped off court with apparent left knee injury
Now, they face the troubling prospect of needing to win three of the next four games just to avoid an elimination game. But their performances were needed because the Jazz starters suffered a big blow with the injury to Rudy Gobert.

It was clear from his expression after his second, 77th-minute strike that the goal meant even more to him than simply giving his side a quarter-final first-leg lead. It seemed like Bayern had Madrid on the ropes win they had unfairly awarded them a penalty right before the half but luckily Vidal missed the penalty.

The Poland worldwide scored a brace in during Bayern Munich's 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund at the weekend but was forced off late in the game due to an injury in his shoulder.

Zidane did not say whether he will rest Ronaldo for the team's away game at relegation-threatened Sporting Gijon tomorrow in the Spanish league.

Real Madrid are fully aware of the threat Lewandowski poses as in the 2012-13 campaign the Poland worldwide scored four goals while playing for Borussia Dortmund, knocking the Spaniards out of the tournament. "I hope that we play with attacking intent but also ensure that we stay strong defensively".

The Portugal worldwide was presented with a commemorative shirt by Real president Florentino Perez on Thursday to mark the accomplishment, and told the club's official website: "It's a great honour to reach 100 goals in Europe".

Seeking their first league title since 2012, Madrid have a game in hand and a three-point lead over two-time defending champion Barcelona, who host sixth-place Real Sociedad later tomorrow. Hopefully there'll be another double at Santiago Bernabeu.

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