Real Madrid will certainly win this year’s La Liga title after beating Osasuna… Benzema missed 2 penalties

Real Madrid needs just four points to win their 35th La Liga title after a thrilling victory over Osasuna, despite Karim Benzema missing two penalties in the first 10 minutes of the second half.

Madrid took the lead with David Alaba, but Osasuna responded through Ante Budimir.

On the stroke of half-time, Marco Asensio put the visitors back in ahead.

Sergio Herrera stopped two spot-kicks for Benzema before Lucas Vazquez sealed the win in stoppage time.

Osasuna played with vigor throughout but fell behind after 12 minutes when Benzema found Alaba, whose initial shot was blocked by Herrera, but he was quick enough to score the rebound.

👣 One step closer to the @LaLigaEN title!
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— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) April 20, 2022

Budimir turned home Chimy Avila’s drilled cross at the back post to bring the hosts level two minutes later.

As halftime approached, Asensio linked up with Eduardo Camavinga before bursting into the box and tapping home the rebound after Herrera parried Dani Ceballos’ attempt.

Madrid wasted two chances to seal the victory in the first ten minutes of the game. Chimy took control of the situation at first, but Benzema was outwitted by Herrera, who saved to his right.

Soon after, a collision between Nacho Vidal and Rodrygo resulted in a second penalty, but Herrera won the mental struggle to save Benzema from scoring his 40th goal in 40 games this season.

Substitute Vinicius Junior set up Vazquez for Madrid’s third goal after striking wide himself in the final minutes.

La Liga Table as it stands

	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Real Madrid	33	40	78
2	Atl Madrid	33	20	61
3	Barcelona	31	28	60
4	Sevilla	32	21	60
5	Real Betis	33	18	57
6	Real Sociedad	32	2	55
7	Villarreal	33	22	52
8	Ath Bilbao	32	4	45
9	Osasuna	33	-10	44
10	Valencia	33	-4	42
11	Celta Vigo	33	-1	39
12	Espanyol	32	-7	39
13	Elche	33	-8	38
14	Getafe	33	-6	35
15	Rayo Vallecano	31	-6	34
16	Mallorca	33	-25	32
17	Cádiz	32	-16	31
18	Granada	33	-20	30
19	Levante	32	-23	25
20	Alavés	33	-29	25