Real Madrid cruise past Valencia as Racing Santander claim comeback win in La Liga

Real Madrid continued their strong run in La Liga with a convincing 3-0 victory away to Valencia, while Racing Santander produced an impressive comeback to defeat Malaga 2-1 in Saturday's action.

Federico Valverde opened the scoring for Madrid in the 28th minute before Arda Güler doubled the advantage eight minutes later. Kylian Mbappe added a third in the 75th minute to seal a comfortable win for Jose Mourinho's side. Valencia also had to finish the match with ten men after receiving a red card.

Racing Santander claimed all three points at Malaga after coming from behind. Carlos Dotor put the hosts ahead, but Iker Luque equalised shortly after half-time before Youssef Zabiri completed the turnaround. Malaga also saw a player sent off.

Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Nico Williams gave Athletic the lead in the 84th minute, but Alejandro Catena rescued a point for the hosts with a dramatic equaliser in the 90th minute.

The remaining match between Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruna ended goalless, with neither side managing to find a breakthrough.

La Liga results:

• Valencia 0-3 Real Madrid

• Osasuna 1-1 Athletic Bilbao

• Espanyol 0-0 Deportivo La Coruna

• Malaga 1-2 Racing Santander