Real Madrid ends Racing Santander's unbeaten streak
Real Madrid paid tribute to departed club legend Ferenc Puskas with a match-winning display to end stubborn Racing Santander's seven-match unbeaten run with a 3-1 victory in the Primera Liga.
Goals from Sergio Ramos, Jose Antonio Reyes and Mahamadou Diarra put Real on its way to a seventh league win, with Ezequiel Garay's spectacular reply for Racing little more than a consolation.
Real marked Puskas' passing with a lone cellist playing during a minute's silence before the match while the giant screens at the Bernabeu showed a video montage of the much-respected Hungarian, who died on Friday at the age of 79.
Meanwhile, Sevilla climbed back to the top of the Primera Liga table after maintaining their 100 percent home record with an emphatic 3-0 win over 10-man Valencia.
Quique Sanchez Flores, fielding a makeshift side due to a glut of injuries, saw his side's chances of taking anything away from the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan all but disappear within the opening 20 minutes.
David Silva's 18th-minute red card left the visitors with an uphill task and, when Julien Escude fired home the opener in the 19th, the writing was on the wall.
Luis Fabiano (55) and Frederic Kanoute (71) made absolutely sure of the result after the break for Sevilla, which now won all eight home games in La Liga.