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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23973155" data-attributes="member: 158020">Real Madrid 2 Valencia 0: Wass own goal sets up narrow win<img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/01/20/6890882-6450429-image-a-82_1543697060287.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Real Madrid battled to a 2-0 home win against Valencia in LaLiga thanks to an early own goal scored by Daniel Wass and a late Lucas Vazquez strike.Isco was back in the squad after being left out entirely for the Champions League win at Roma in midweek, but Santiago Solari again opted not to name the Spain playmaker in the XI.Marcos  Llorente thrived in midfield in Isco's absence but Madrid needed an  eighth-minute intervention from Wass to take the lead on Saturday.Dani Carvajal crossed from close to the byline on the right wing and  Wass sent an attempted clearing header flying past goalkeeper Neto,  while Thibaut Courtois was in fine form at the other end.Vazquez –  who also scored in the 2-0 win over Roma – slotted in the decisive  second for Madrid with seven minutes to go, the goal surviving a lengthy  VAR review, to claim all three points.Madrid started well and took the lead in just the eighth minute, albeit in fortuitous circumstances.Carvajal won back possession deep in the Valencia half and  delivered a chipped cross to the front post that Wass could only guide  into the roof of his own net.Neto made a brilliant save to deny Gareth Bale and a long-range Dani Parejo shot was easily dealt with by Courtois.Valencia  should have equalised in the 53rd minute, Santi Mina racing onto an  excellent Parejo ball over the top of the Madrid defence but hitting his  shot too high to trouble the Belgium goalkeeper.Another  Parejo ball caused chaos in the Madrid box but, arriving at the back  post, defender Gabriel was stretching and sent his volleyed effort  flying over the crossbar.Madrid almost extended their lead in the  72nd minute when substitute Marco Asensio was teed up by Llorente,  Cristiano Piccini making a sensational block to stop the shot.After  Courtois brilliantly denied Michy Batshuayi, Isco was introduced for  the last 10 minutes, with Karim Benzema then teeing up Vazquez for the  clinching goal to ensure Madrid moved up to fifth in the LaLiga table.</blockquote>

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