Rodrygo double restores Real Madrid’s eight-point lead at top of La Liga

Rodrygo scored two goals, one in each half, leading Real Madrid to clinch a 2-0 victory against Athletic Bilbao at home on Sunday. This win ensured Real Madrid's dominance in the La Liga table.

The match's initial stalemate was finally broken in just eight minutes by Rodrygo, who confidently curled the ball towards the far corner of the net. His skillful and composed run towards the edge of the box left the Bilbao defenders unable to catch up to the Brazilian winger in time to stop his impressive goal.

Cristhian Stuani scored a crucial goal for Girona in the La Liga match against Real Betis, helping them secure a 3-2 victory and keeping their chances of reaching the Champions League alive.

During the game, Artem Dovbyk managed to score two goals, with one of them being a penalty. This brought his total number of goals scored in the league this season to 16. Despite this, Betis appeared to be on equal footing with their own two-goal scoring effort by Willian José. However, a last-minute goal from Stuani, scored from close range, ensured that the match was won, securing three points for the team.

Real Sociedad is now six points below Atlético Madrid as they claimed a 1-0 victory against Alavés thanks to Jon Pacheco Dozagarat's goal. On the other hand, the game between Celta Vigo and Rayo Vallecano ended in a draw with no goals scored.

Paris St Germain, despite being down to ten players, triumphed over Marseille with a score of 2-0 in Le Classique, thereby matching the Ligue 1 record of the longest streak of unbeaten away games.

The visiting team matched Lyon's record of 21 consecutive games today. They won the game thanks to second-half strikes from Vitinha and Gonçalo Ramos. However, Lucas Beraldo was shown a red card in the first half of the game.

Brest still has a 12-point gap from the top team, PSG. They managed to secure a victory against Lorient with a goal from Romain Del Castillo in the latter part of the game, finishing with a score of 1-0. However, they had to endure the last six minutes of stoppage time with only 10 players on the field as Billal Brahimi, their substitute player, received a red card.

Strasbourg won two league matches in a row by scoring two goals in two minutes. Marvin Senaya and Jeremy Sebas each scored a goal to secure a 2-0 victory against Rennes. On the other hand, Nantes won a match 2-1 against Nice, which boosted their chances of avoiding relegation.

Vincent Sierro scored two goals and Thijs Dallinga also got one as Toulouse won 3-0 against the team that is in last place, Clermont. Meanwhile, Jordan Ferri and Christopher Jullien scored within eight minutes of each other to give Montpellier a 2-0 victory over Le Havre. This helped Montpellier get back to winning again.

Stuttgart managed to rescue a draw in the Bundesliga thanks to Deniz Undav's goal in the closing stages of the game against Heidenheim, who were playing with ten players. The final score was 3-3.

Augsburg's string of victories in their league matches stopped after Köln's Davie Selke scored a goal to tie the game, nullifying Augsburg's initial lead thanks to Arne Maier's goal.

In the game between two struggling teams, Darmstadt managed to equalize after falling behind and eventually ended up with a 2-2 draw against Bochum.

During the 73rd minute, Jude Bellingham enabled Rodrygo to move forward swiftly and without obstruction towards the wing. This created ample opportunity for him to enter the box and carefully place the ball in the lower corner of the net.

Real Madrid currently sit at the top of the league with a total of 75 points, which gives them an eight-point lead over Barcelona, who are in second place. Furthermore, they are comfortably ten points ahead of Girona who are currently occupying third place. Bilbao are trailing just behind in fourth position with a total of 56 points.