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Real Madrid beat Villarreal 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday night to get back to winning ways in La Liga. A brace from Vinicius Jr, followed by a Kylian Mbappe goal, made sure the team bounced back after the gut-wrenching defeat to Atletico Madrid just one week ago. Here are three very quick observations…

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Real Madrid 3-1 Villarreal (Vinícius Júnior x2 & Kylian Mbappé). Back to winning ways… This is my quick reaction. Coming up: Player ratings, press conferences and another podcast. Fans were still hurting from the heavy derby defeat, and Villarreal would make sure that the road ahead would be no less bumpy for Los Blancos. Dean Huijsen returned, and…

Real Madrid have published their starting lineup for the upcoming match against Villarreal. Real Madrid starting XI: Courtois, Valverde, Militao, Huijsen, Carreras, Tchouameni, Ceballos, Güler, Mastantuono, Vinicius, Mbappé. Villarreal starting XI (TBC): Junior, Mouriño, Marin, Veiga, Cardona, Thomas, Gueye, Buchanan, Comesaña, Pepe, Mikautadze. Just as expected, Valverde, Carreras and Militao are returning to the starting…