Real Madrid against Valencia

Salgado crosses the ball into Canizares' hands.

Madrid are playing keep-ball in the corner. Isn't it too early for that?

Reyes on.

Torres wins a corner for Madrid.

Real goalkick.

Valencia corner.

Del Horno off for Viana. Valencia are gambling.

A blistering volley from Del Horno is well saved by Casillas - who did well, but he would have been disappointed to have missed it.

Free-kick against Robinho inside the Madrid half, out on their left.

Can Valencia come back into this? It's mostly Madrid at the moment, but we know how fallible they can be at the back.

Beckham is linking up play for Madrid well here, drifting in from the right towards the centre and even the left.

Robinho falls in the box - but it is a Valencia goalkick.

Beckham finds Robinho in the box - but he shoots wide!

Casillas has it again.

Madrid goalkick as Valencia look to come straight back.

Great cross by Beckham is headed in by Sergio Ramos! Wonderful delivery, wonderful header! And it is 2-1!

Beckham wins a free-kick after being fouled by Del Horno.

Robinho almost gets on to the end of a long-ball into the box, but just fails to get it under contriol.

Madrid corner after an excellent ball from David Beckham.

Raul caught offside.

Joaquin off for Jorge Lopez. Joaquin must have an injury, because he was been pretty good tonight.

Madrid look livelier now. Guti gets a yellow for handball.

Beckham on for Higuain. The Bernabeu roars for the King of all Cockneys!

Good cross from Van Nistelrooy just fails to find Raul. The Dutchman follows that up with a flying volley that Canizares tips over, but he was just offisde anyhoo.

Raul snakes his way into the box and lets fly at the near post - but his shot is weak and Canzares stops it easily.

Here comes Guti - he's on for Gago.

Madrid have been really poor in this half. Really terrible; Robinho has been conspicuous by his absense, Raul ditto.

Free-kick to Valencia after a foul by Salgado.

Beckham should be on soon, and Guti too. They're both warming on up.

Madrid look nervous now. There was a period of ping-pong in the home penalty area after Salgado headed the ball straight to Joaquin.

Free-kick to Valencia after Moretti is fouled.

A cross from Morientes is intercepted by Ramos, who puts it behind for a corner.

Valencia free-kick.

Higuain almost got in there after uncertainty in the Valencia defence. Corner.

The Madrid fans behind the goal go up as Raul falls in the box. The ref is not interested.

Miguel puts the ball out under presure from Robinho down the Madrid left.

So it's all square. Can Madrid respond?

Morientes scores after a good run by Joaquin! The latter ran down the right and put in an early cross: the centre-backs were nowhere to be seen as Morientes tapped the ball past an exposed Casillas.

And Villa almost pulls a rabbit out of the hat - from 35 yards he has Casillas scrambling across his goal as the ball whistles past the post.

Slow start to this half. Valencia will be looking to Villa and Morientes to turn things around in this second half.

Madrid free-kick from inside their half.

Valencia goalkick.

Salgado takes a nasty blow to the top of his head as he jumps to challenge for the ball.

The second half is underway.

Half-time. I'll see you after the break!

One minute of stoppage time being played.

Morientes shoots just wide after a terrific ball from Del Horno. Should have done better.

A scrappy last few minutes to the half as Valencia look for an equaliser. Silva puts the ball out under pressure from Salgado.

Van Nistelrooy caught offside.

Cannavaro boots it into the crowd. Eventaully it's a Madrid goalkick.

Free-kick for the visitors after a bad tackle by Gago. He's already on a yellow os he needs to be a little cuter.

Gago boots it out, looking for Higuain. Ddin't find him, but then again he's not sitting in row E.

Casillas has the ball for Madrid.

Van Nistelrooy hoofs the resultant free-kick over the Valencia wall... and bar.

Raul fouled by Ayala as the Spanish forward got across him and looked to go on. Yellow for Ayala.

David Beckham is warming up, Spice Girl fans!

Van Nistelrooy takes one in the gob as he jumps to challenge for a high ball with Albelda. Not the Valencia player's fault, though.

Gago yellow-carded after he was outwitted by Silva. Lovely footwork from Silva.

Speaking of the clinical Dutchman, he has grown an impressive bouffant since his move to Spain. Is this a fashionable look in Madrid?

Van Nistelrooy penalised for a foul on Del Horno.

Valencia are enjoying their best patch of possession here - and Morientes is just beaten to the ball by Cannavaro in front of goal.

Corner is headed over by Morientes.

Silva tackled by Salgado - it's a Valencia corner.

Raul almost scores the second after a great low ball across the goal from the right by Higuain. He should have scored.

Real have had 58 per cent of the posession so far.

Ramos slides in to cut out a ball into Villa as the striker sprinted forward. That could have been dangerous.

Big interception from Ayala as the ball flew across the Valencia goal. Corner.

If Madrid win this, remember, they'll be just two points behind Barcelona.

Well that was special. Until the last few minutes, this contest had been somewhat deviod of thrills - but Van Nistelrooy has put paid to all that. Really memorable.

Magnificent goal from Van Nistelrooy! The sweetest of volleys from 20 yards out after a deep cross from Torres. That whistled into the net. Beautiful.

Villa skips past Cannavaro and gets his shot away - and it is deflected just wide! Cassillas was committed! Goalkick.

Valencia corner - or not? The linesman has given a goalkick. Poor, poor decision.

Morientes is just unable to get on to a Valencia long-ball.

A Villa free-kick is comfortably headed clear by Van Nistelrooy.

A good cross-field ball from Gago is just too long for Raul, who was arriving at the far post. Good vision, touch just a little too heavy.

Robinho has been involved in most of Real's good play this first ten minutes. He could be the spark to get them going.

Real goal-kick.

Villa wins a throw-in for Valencia.

Wonderful footwork from Miguel to get Valencia out of trouble in front of their own box.

Villa caught offside - but that was a really late flag. Replays suggest he was just off.

Poor ball from Cannavaro goes straight out of play. Robinho claps anyway. I hope he's not being sarcastic.

Good run and pass from Joaquin almost puts Villa in, but he can't quite reach it.

It's all Madrid in these first few minutes.

The cross is headed away.

Diarra fouled by Morientees just outside the Valencia box. Free-kick.

Good work from Robinho, who lays it off to Higuain.

We're underway.

We're almost ready to get underway at the Bernabeu. This is a really big match - it could go a long way to decidiing who wins the La Liga title this year. And, haircut fans, David Beckham returns on the bench for Real.

Great cross by Beckham is headed in by Sergio Ramos! Wonderful delivery, wonderful header! And it is 2-1!

Beckham wins a free-kick after being fouled by Del Horno.

Robinho almost gets on to the end of a long-ball into the box, but just fails to get it under contriol.

Madrid corner after an excellent ball from David Beckham.

Raul caught offside.

Joaquin off for Jorge Lopez. Joaquin must have an injury, because he was been pretty good tonight.

Madrid look livelier now. Guti gets a yellow for handball.

Beckham on for Higuain. The Bernabeu roars for the King of all Cockneys!

Good cross from Van Nistelrooy just fails to find Raul. The Dutchman follows that up with a flying volley that Canizares tips over, but he was just offisde anyhoo.

Raul snakes his way into the box and lets fly at the near post - but his shot is weak and Canzares stops it easily.

Here comes Guti - he's on for Gago.

Madrid have been really poor in this half. Really terrible; Robinho has been conspicuous by his absense, Raul ditto.

Free-kick to Valencia after a foul by Salgado.

Beckham should be on soon, and Guti too. They're both warming on up.

Madrid look nervous now. There was a period of ping-pong in the home penalty area after Salgado headed the ball straight to Joaquin.

Free-kick to Valencia after Moretti is fouled.

A cross from Morientes is intercepted by Ramos, who puts it behind for a corner.

Valencia free-kick.

Higuain almost got in there after uncertainty in the Valencia defence. Corner.

The Madrid fans behind the goal go up as Raul falls in the box. The ref is not interested.

Miguel puts the ball out under presure from Robinho down the Madrid left.

So it's all square. Can Madrid respond?

Morientes scores after a good run by Joaquin! The latter ran down the right and put in an early cross: the centre-backs were nowhere to be seen as Morientes tapped the ball past an exposed Casillas.

And Villa almost pulls a rabbit out of the hat - from 35 yards he has Casillas scrambling across his goal as the ball whistles past the post.

Slow start to this half. Valencia will be looking to Villa and Morientes to turn things around in this second half.

Madrid free-kick from inside their half.

Valencia goalkick.

Salgado takes a nasty blow to the top of his head as he jumps to challenge for the ball.

The second half is underway.

Half-time. I'll see you after the break!

One minute of stoppage time being played.

Morientes shoots just wide after a terrific ball from Del Horno. Should have done better.

A scrappy last few minutes to the half as Valencia look for an equaliser. Silva puts the ball out under pressure from Salgado.

Van Nistelrooy caught offside.

Cannavaro boots it into the crowd. Eventaully it's a Madrid goalkick.

Free-kick for the visitors after a bad tackle by Gago. He's already on a yellow os he needs to be a little cuter.

Gago boots it out, looking for Higuain. Ddin't find him, but then again he's not sitting in row E.

Casillas has the ball for Madrid.

Van Nistelrooy hoofs the resultant free-kick over the Valencia wall... and bar.

Raul fouled by Ayala as the Spanish forward got across him and looked to go on. Yellow for Ayala.

David Beckham is warming up, Spice Girl fans!

Van Nistelrooy takes one in the gob as he jumps to challenge for a high ball with Albelda. Not the Valencia player's fault, though.

Gago yellow-carded after he was outwitted by Silva. Lovely footwork from Silva.

Speaking of the clinical Dutchman, he has grown an impressive bouffant since his move to Spain. Is this a fashionable look in Madrid?

Van Nistelrooy penalised for a foul on Del Horno.

Valencia are enjoying their best patch of possession here - and Morientes is just beaten to the ball by Cannavaro in front of goal.

Corner is headed over by Morientes.

Silva tackled by Salgado - it's a Valencia corner.

Raul almost scores the second after a great low ball across the goal from the right by Higuain. He should have scored.

Real have had 58 per cent of the posession so far.

Ramos slides in to cut out a ball into Villa as the striker sprinted forward. That could have been dangerous.

Big interception from Ayala as the ball flew across the Valencia goal. Corner.

If Madrid win this, remember, they'll be just two points behind Barcelona.

Well that was special. Until the last few minutes, this contest had been somewhat deviod of thrills - but Van Nistelrooy has put paid to all that. Really memorable.

Magnificent goal from Van Nistelrooy! The sweetest of volleys from 20 yards out after a deep cross from Torres. That whistled into the net. Beautiful.

Villa skips past Cannavaro and gets his shot away - and it is deflected just wide! Cassillas was committed! Goalkick.

Valencia corner - or not? The linesman has given a goalkick. Poor, poor decision.

Morientes is just unable to get on to a Valencia long-ball.

A Villa free-kick is comfortably headed clear by Van Nistelrooy.

A good cross-field ball from Gago is just too long for Raul, who was arriving at the far post. Good vision, touch just a little too heavy.

Robinho has been involved in most of Real's good play this first ten minutes. He could be the spark to get them going.

Real goal-kick.

Villa wins a throw-in for Valencia.

Wonderful footwork from Miguel to get Valencia out of trouble in front of their own box.

Villa caught offside - but that was a really late flag. Replays suggest he was just off.

Poor ball from Cannavaro goes straight out of play. Robinho claps anyway. I hope he's not being sarcastic.

Good run and pass from Joaquin almost puts Villa in, but he can't quite reach it.

It's all Madrid in these first few minutes.

The cross is headed away.

Diarra fouled by Morientees just outside the Valencia box. Free-kick.

Good work from Robinho, who lays it off to Higuain.

We're underway.

We're almost ready to get underway at the Bernabeu. This is a really big match - it could go a long way to decidiing who wins the La Liga title this year. And, haircut fans, David Beckham returns on the bench for Real.