Four Points Gone in Three Days

Mourinho's Real Madrid fucked up again. (Villarreal - Real Madrid 1-1)
A free kick did them in again. (- Marcos Senna, in minute 83, after a Ronaldo opener, in minute 62)

And it came just 72 hours after the Malaga fiasco at the Santiago Bernabeu.

It seems like Real really needs to score at least two goals unanswered before the last ten minutes of the game, and they probably need to concede fewer free kicks, too, to win games.

And what the hell is Casillas doing to earn his wages these days? He really seems to suck in goal recently.

Sure, Real still has a decent advantage, but they better shape up if they don't want to suffer through another do-or-die derby against Barcelona.

On the plus side, at least Villarreal was able to hold Barcelona, too, 0-0 on the 28th of January , so they didn't just take points from Real...
(This is barely a consolation, I know.)

Highlights:

Villarreal Shocks Barca

Barcelona usually beats Villarreal. Therefore, it was expected that they would win today, too, especially because Villarreal was also in relegation difficulties.

But, to my surprise, Villarreal put up an excellent fight.

Even though Alves could have put Barcelona ahead in just the third minute, and there were some great chances for Barca in the second half, too, Guardiola's team just did not have that spark that people expect from them.
And Messi played badly, by his standards.

These two points dropped by Barcelona put Real Madrid in a very comfortable position, 7 points up on the team from Catalonia.

I wonder what Jose Mourinho is thinking...

Standings:
1 Real Madrid     20 17 1 2 70-19 +51 52p
2 Barcelona         20 13 6 1 59-12 +47 45p