Real Madrid came back to win 2-1 at home against Real Sociedad to stay at the top of the league standings, in the fifth round of the Spanish championship.
Real Sociedad took the lead with a goal from Ander Barrenetxea (5), but Federico Valverde equalized (46) and Joselu scored the 2-1 (60) that meant the fifth white victory in five matches before hosting Union Berlin on Wednesday in the Champions League.
The victory allows the merengues to retain the league leadership that had been temporarily snatched away from them on Saturday by Barça with their 5-0 win against Betis.
Real Madrid came out with a very vertical approach to seek the goal of Real Sociedad, but the Basques took the lead early in the scoreline in a match in which goalkeepers Kepa and Álex Remiro were the heroes.
Take Kubo put a ball into the heart of the area where Barrenetxea appeared to shoot at point-blank range. Kepa was able to save the first shot, but Barrene collected his rebound to repeat and make it 1-0 (5).
The Japanese, who was a headache for the Merengue defense, came close to scoring the 2-0, but his shot was rejected by Kepa and Barrenetxea sent the rebound into the clouds (29).