Real Madrid comfortably defeated Girona 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu, with a stunning goal from Luka Modric and a strike from Vinicius to seal the win.

The first 15 minutes were end-to-end, with the duo of Vinicius and Mbappe increasingly in sync. Kylian had the clearest chance with a run in which he shot from the edge of the area, but Gazzaniga saved it.

Almost in the 30th minute, Mbappe put a measured cross on the head of Vini, but the Brazilian shot over the crossbar, while Girona knocked on the door for the second time with a shot from Viktor Tsyhankov

Los Blancos dominated the match, but were unable to reflect this on the scoreboard until Luka Modric appeared with a piece of magic, in which he controlled the ball with his chest and from outside the area launched a rocket that sought the top corner, out of the reach of Gazzaniga, to score a great goal before going to the break and score again at the Bernabeu after 364 days.

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Vinicius breaks the drought

In the second half, in combination with Mbappe, Vinicius finally found the net and scored the 2-0 win for Madrid.

Mbappe, who came into the match on the back of his Champions League hat-trick, and although he did not score, it was evident the harmony he already has with Vinicius, who after a one-two in a counter-attack, assisted him to score in LaLiga, after not doing so since November 9

With the victory, Madrid ended a run of three games without a win in La Liga and kept the competition for the lead alive, following Saturday's victories for Barcelona and Atletico.