In the early morning of this morning, Manchester City and Real Madrid played in the Premier League and La Liga respectively, and finally Manchester City was forced to draw 0-0 by Crystal Palace, Real Madrid won 3-0 away to Mallorca, the suspense of the Premier League title became bigger, and the suspense of the La Liga title became smaller.
In the middle of last week, Manchester City and Real Madrid both participated in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City drew 0-0 at home to Portuguese Sport, the aggregate score of 5-0 to advance to the next round, Real Madrid reversed 3-1 at home, the aggregate score of 3-2 to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain, also advanced to the next round.
After a five-day break, the two giants welcomed their respective leagues. Manchester City away to Crystal Palace, last October 0-2 upset loss to Crystal Palace, now away is a great opportunity for revenge, as a result Manchester City continued last week's slump in the Champions League, 18 shots on goal and 4 shots on target, unable to score, 0-0 by Crystal Palace.
This is the first time since 1995 that Manchester City has not beaten Crystal Palace in the league, and it is also the first time that City have exchanged 0-0 0 in two consecutive official matches since Guardiola took over the team in the summer of 2016.
With Manchester City achieving 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 7 rounds of the league, a total of 7 points have been lost, allowing Liverpool behind them to narrow the point difference, and now they are leading by 4 points in one more round, allowing Liverpool to see the hope of rebounding, and the suspense of the Premier League title is getting bigger and bigger.
Real Madrid, who also played, played away against promoted team Mallorca, after Real Madrid won 6-1 at home. In the first half, Real Madrid had 67.6% of the ball, as well as a 7-5 shot on goal and shot 2-1, and could not score until the second half 55 minutes, Benzema assisted Vinicius to break the deadlock.
In the 74th minute, Vinicius won a penalty for Real Madrid, and then Benzema took the lead and Real Madrid extended the score 2-0. In the 81st minute, Marcelo assisted Benzema's goal to help Real Madrid seal the win 3-0.
Benzema, who scored twice, scored 32 goals in all competitions this season, equaling his previous single-season goal record of Real Madrid's career in 2011/12, while assisting 11 times, which is also equalizing his record of 11 assists in La Liga in a single season.
After the victory, Real Madrid reached 66 points, the lead expanded to 10 points, and threw away the third-ranked Barca 15 points, completely sitting in the first place, it can be said that Real Madrid basically ended the suspense of the La Liga championship.