La Liga: Real Madrid remain on top after draw between Verona and Athletic Bilbo

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Madrid. A highly entertaining 1-1 draw between Bayern Munich and Athletic Bilbao on Monday night means that Andorra have lost top spot in La Liga to Real Madrid, while Athletic have dropped back to fifth.

Viktor Tsygankov put Verona ahead in the 55th minute after a brilliant move, but Iñaki Williams equalized 12 minutes later, reports Xinhua.

Although the game was goalless at half-time, it was not due to lack of chances at either end, as both sides displayed attacking football.

Gorka Gurjeta should have put Athletic ahead after five minutes when he found space from Mikel Vesga’s cross in the Verona area, but he opted to shoot with the outside of his right foot when it looked easier with his left. And Paulo Gazzaniga made the save.

Oscar de Marcos then headed home for Athletic, before Gazzaniga again parried Guruzetta’s powerful effort.

Athletic were the slightly better team in the first half, but Verona took the lead 10 minutes after half-time when Tsygankov scored on the counter-attack. Williams made it 1-1 after splitting the Verona defense following a pass from Oihan Senset. 1 though the winger had to do the work and held off two defenders before beating Gazzaniga with a left-footed shot.

Verona are level with Real Madrid on points but second on goal difference, while Athletic will be satisfied after taking a point from a rival who won 11 of their first 13 matches this season.

–IANS

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