Real Madrid reduced Barcelona's La Liga lead to mere five points with an emphatic 2-0 win over Valencia on Thursday. Goals from Marco Asensio and Vinicius Junior was enough for the Los Blancos as they beat a manager-less Valencia who were reduced to 10-men thanks to a red card for Gabriel Paulista for a wild hack at Vinicius. Madrid dominated throughout but an otherwise good night was tainted when captain Karim Benzema went off injured in the second half with an apparent thigh problem, and Eder Militao was also replaced for a similar reason.