REAL Madrid jumped to the top of La Liga on Saturday with a 2-0 home victory over in-form Celta Vigo.

Lucas Vazquez headed in a cross from Marco Asensio at the far post in the sixth minute, barely a minute after Real center back Nacho had cleared a shot by Celta striker Iago Aspas off the line.

He returned the favor in the 53rd minute, laying a diagonal ball into the path of Asensio with the visiting defense in disarray. Asensio drove his shot into the roof of the net.

“We said before the game that if we counter-attacked we could do damage and that’s how it turned out,” said Asensio.

Real Madrid rebounded from a draw with promoted Elche on Wednesday to move one point clear at the top of the table, but second-place Atletico Madrid has played three fewer games and can regain the lead when the side faces Alaves in a later game.

“Today we played well from the first minute until the end,” said Real coach Zinedine Zidane.(SD-Agencies)