Putting in a rugged performance on Thursday night, Real Madrid climbed back to the top of the La Liga table as they secured a 2-0 victory against local rivals Getafe.
Getting off to a flying start as Spanish international Joselu opened the scoring after just 14 minutes, Carlo Ancelotti’s side largely didn’t have to get out of third gear as they ran rampant at the Estadio Coliseum.
Now winning all of their previous six La Liga appearances on the bounce and leapfrogging Girona, it was Joselu who wrapped up all three points for Los Blancos as the one-time Newcastle misfit produced a slick finish 10 minutes after the restart.
Suffering just a single defeat against Getafe since way back in August 2012, the Blues failed to find any kind of fluidity on home soil an…