La Liga 9Ja Breed: Alaba Solid As Madrid Shares Spoil With Chukwueze's Villarreal

La Liga 9Ja Breed: Alaba Solid As Madrid Shares Spoil With Chukwueze's Villarreal By Omolagba Oluwayemi David Olatukunbo Alaba Nigeria blood Austrian international on Saturday was solid at the back as Real Madrid played a goalless draw against Villarreal, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Alaba who opted to represent Austria ahead of Nigeria after making waves with Bundesliga outfit, Bayern Munich where he'd spent 13 years, Alaba moved to the Spanish capital during the summer and he's played a pivotal role so far too the team's defensive balance and on Saturday displayed his wealth of experience to keep at bay the attacking threats from opposing Villarreal as Real Madrid preserved their unbeaten run to the season. Samuel Chukwueze who is been sidelined for a while now is yet to make a return for the Yellow Submarines who are also unbeaten in the La Liga this season. The goalless draw mean Madrid maintain their top spot position with 17 points while are 10th with 8 points. In other games played on Saturday, Atletico Madrid suffered their first league defeat of the season at Alaves. Laguardia came to the hosts' rescue in the second half when he cleared Rodrigo de Paul's cross-shot off the line. Mamadou Loum should have doubled the hosts' lead on the hour but fired over the bar from a good position. Atletico increased the pressure towards the end of the second half and went close to an equaliser through Angel Correa, whose shot from a tight angle was saved by Alaves goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco. Diego Simeone's side wanted a penalty in second-half stoppage time after the ball appeared to strike the arm of an Alaves defender, but the referee dismissed the visitors' appeals. The defeat leaves Atleti three points behind leaders Real Madrid. Elsewhere, 10-man Sevilla beat Espanyol 2-0 to move into second place on the log. Actions continues tomorrow in the league as Barcelona will look to put their recent troubles behind them as they play host to Levante. Saturday Results Real Madrid 0-0 Villarreal Sevilla 2-0 Espanyol Deportivo Alaves 1-0 Atlético Madrid Valencia 1-1 Athletico Bilbao Sunday Fixtures Barcelona V Levante Mallorca V Osasuna Rayo Vallecano V Cadiz Real Sociedad V Elche Real Betis V Getafe