A blistering first-half volley by Luka Modric and a late Vinicius Jr strike helped Real Madrid to a 2-0 home victory over Girona on Sunday, snapping a three-game winless run and moving the champions up to second place in LaLiga behind Barcelona.

Luka Modric has scored a beautiful long-range goal in Real Madrid’s 2-0 home win against Girona that moved the defending champion level on points in the Spanish league with leader Barcelona.

Even with their defensive issues, a mix of youth and experience alongside one of Europe's most effective offside traps has been able to propel Barcelona to contend for everything. During the last five games in the league,

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick was slightly critical of his team's performance in a hard-fought 2-0 win at Las Palmas on Saturday and said they must continue improving despite sitting on top of the LaLiga standings.

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said his side must "improve a lot" despite winning 2-0 away at Las Palmas on Saturday to return to the top of LaLiga.