Real Madrid were spurred on by La Liga title rivals Barcelona and Sevilla dropping points on Sunday, coach Zinedine Zidane said as his side took a four-point lead at the top by beating Real Sociedad 3-0 in the late game.

"When you play last and see your rivals lose or draw you feel more moti-vated and we went into the game feeling really fired up," Zidane told reporters after Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at Real Betis and Sevilla lost 3-1 at Espanyol.

Real approached the weekend ravaged by six injuries and smarting after their elimination in the King's Cup quarterfinals to Celta Vigo as their Spanish record-breaking 40-game unbeaten run was followed by one win in their last four matches. Naija and Bet

Barca had won their last five games in all competitions but fell behind in the early kick off when Betis's Alex Alegria struck in the 75th minute and the champions needed a 90th minute leveller from Luis Suarez to snatch a point.

Sevilla, who ended Real's unbeaten run two weeks ago, had won five in a row in the league but got off to a nightmare start at Espanyol when defender Nicolas Pareja was dismissed in the second minute, foreshadowing a costly defeat.

Real knew a win against Sociedad would give them extra breathing space and after a slow start Mateo Kovacic broke the deadlock shortly before the break, with goals from.....................................READ MORE CLICK

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