Eibar News
The win kept Real Madrid on La Liga leaders Barcelona`s heels with 59 points after 28 games.
The win took Barca back to the top of La Liga on 55 points, two ahead of Real Madrid.
Real have now scored 16 goals without conceding any in their last five fixtures, a resounding response to their shock 1-0 defeat at Real Mallorca three weeks ago.
Atletico had never won in Spain`s top-flight at their fellow Madrid outfit`s Butarque stadium but Vitolo`s strike ensured they continued their impressive early-season form.
It is holiday season on the Ballaeric island but fans clad in the club`s red colours flocked to the stadium on a sultry evening in Palma in large numbers and were handsomely rewarded.
With three games to go, little-known Getafe have 55 points along with Sevilla but cling on to the coveted fourth spot due to their superior head-to-head record, while Valencia are sixth on 52 but have the best head-to-head record of the trio.
The defeat keeps Valencia in sixth place in the standings on 52 points after 35 games, three behind Sevilla who were in action against Girona later on Sunday.
While women hold high offices at Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Leganes, Eibar are the only club in Spain where over half of the management positions are occupied by women.
Ramos left the field to go to the toilet after 73 minutes at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium, with the match delicately poised at 1-1.
His double means Ronaldo has now scored in seven consecutive games and has a remarkable 13 goals overall in that period. Real move four points behind second-placed Atletico Madrid, who will restore that gap to seven with a win over Celta Vigo on Sunday. Eibar stay eighth.
With assists from Messi, Barcelona striker Suarez and Jordi Alba do the needful to collect full points against 10-man Eibar.
Having drawn the last two La Liga games, Lionel Messi and Barcelona will be eager to improve their result, which could boost them against Chelsea.
A Marco Asensio-inspired Real Madrid crushed Eibar 3-0 to close the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to five points on Sunday, with Karim Benzema starting on the bench.
The clinical Argentine Messi now has 11 goals in his last five games in all competitions and with record signing Ousmane Dembele injured and Luis Suarez rested, he put on a sensational show at Camp Nou to extend Barcelona`s La Liga lead.
Barca need to beat Eibar at home to have any chance of a third straight title in outgoing coach Luis Enrique`s farewell to the Camp Nou.
An inspired performance by Messi on Saturday raised Barca hopes of a miraculous Champions League fightback from 4-0 down against Paris Saint-Germain next Wednesday.
Despite the absence of Ronaldo and Bale through injury and suspension respectively, Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane rested a host of other first-team regulars ahead of Tuesday`s Champions League last 16, return leg away to Napoli.
In a list of players for the game published on the club website, Ronaldo was an absentee as was Welsh star Gareth Bale who has been banned for two matches following his red card against Las Palmas.
Madrid are now on the longest scoring streak ever by a La Liga side, thus beating the previous record held by Barcelona at 44 games, will now lock horns with Eibar on March 4.
Atletico boss Diego Simeone left top scorer Antoine Griezmann, whilst Diego Godin and Koke were also left on the bench
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