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Celta s first win in seven rounds lifted them to ninth place. Elche were left second-to-last in the relegation zone.
Mina opened the scoring in the 45th minute after he received an exquisite pass by Nolito, who used a skillful touch to redirect a ball from Iago Aspas that left Mina with only the goalkeeper to beat.
Aspas and Nolito combined again a minute later to set up Brais Mendez and give the hosts a 2-0 lead into halftime.
An error by Celta goalkeeper Ruben Blanco let Elche pull one back in the 50th.
Trying to avoid giving Elche a corner kick, Blanco pawed a ball that was going over the end-line back into play. The ball went directly to Elche s Guido Carillo, who assisted Emiliano Rogini to score into an empty net.
Atletico Madrid were denied the opportunity to restore their 10-point lead at the LaLiga summit after Facundo Ferreyra's 89th-minute equaliser sealed an unlikely 2-2 draw for Celta Vigo on Monday.
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Madrid, Dec 23 (efe-epa).- It wasn’t pretty, but Real Madrid prevailed 2-0 here Wednesday against Granada to go level on points with first-place Atletico Madrid as LaLiga enters the Christmas break.
While the defending champion Blancos and their cross-town rivals are both on 32 points, the Colchoneros have a better goal difference as well as two games in hand.
With the exception of starting Fede Valverde in place of the injured Luka Modric, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane stuck with essentially the same lineup he picked for the four previous matches and the hosts showed signs of suffering from tired legs.