<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Eder Militao's early goal earned Real Madrid a comfortable 1-0 win over Getafe on Saturday to take them top of La Liga.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Carlo Ancelotti's side lead Barcelona by three points, ahead of Celta Vigo's visit to Camp Nou on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Elsewhere Angel Correa's brace gave Atletico Madrid a 2-1 win over Girona, while new Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli earned a creditable 1-1 draw against third-place Athletic Bilbao.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Real Madrid secured their first clean sheet of the season in La Liga at the Coliseum as they took home the three points.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It's clear that we want to score more than one, two, or three, but keeping the clean sheet here gave us the win," said defender Dani Carvajal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Winning by the minimum and keeping the clean sheet makes it more valuable not to concede."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Karim Benzema did not train on Friday and was not included in Real Madrid's match-day squad. The club hope the French forward will be at full strength for the Clasico next weekend.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The striker failed to score in the two matches he has played since his return from a thigh injury and it didn't take Los Blancos long to move in front without him.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Militao headed home from Luka Modric's perfect corner in the fourth minute. It was the ideal way for the Brazilian defender to celebrate his 100th appearance for the club.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Borja Mayoral should have levelled against his former side but was unable to turn home Fabrizio Angileri's cross-shot as Getafe bit back after Madrid's intense start.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Madrid put together a slick team move before the break which ended with David Soria saving a Rodrygo header, before Vinicius Junior drew a penalty -- or so he thought.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Brazilian was clumsily felled in the area by Luis Milla but VAR spotted the ball had gone out of play in the build-up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Madrid were foiled again before the hour mark when Rodrygo dinked the ball over Soria following a ricochet into his path, but the goal was disallowed for offside.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Getafe did their best to keep Madrid at arm's length, with Vinicius at his silky best on the ball, albeit too far from goal to do more damage.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With Rodrygo showing his talent too, it will be hard for Ancelotti to work out whom he might drop to fit Benzema back into the side.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The Clasico is still far away, we have another game (against Shakhtar in the Champions League), so I was able to rest players who were tired, Karim, (Ferland) Mendy, maybe others in Warsaw on Tuesday," said Ancelotti.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The team deserved to win here, we could have scored more, we kept a clean sheet. These are good things. We weren't as accurate up front but we're very satisfied. The team was much more solid, strong in duels, above all, in the air."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>- Correa double -</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Argentine forward Correa was at his explosive best to help Atletico, fourth, recover from a chastening defeat by Club Brugge in the Champions League in midweek.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We are working to get higher up in La Liga, which is a complicated competition," said Correa. "The Champions League is coming next and we want to win to bring our fans happiness."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Antoine Griezmann started the game at the Metropolitano, amid reports in Spain that Atletico and Barcelona have settled on a transfer fee to make his loan move permanent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He played a pivotal role in Atletico's opener, with his clipped cross finished by Correa at the back post.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then the Argentine striker intercepted Girona goalkeeper Juan Carlos's pass early in the second half and stroked home his second.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rodrigo Riquelme, on loan from Atletico, pulled Girona back into the game with a deflected drive from distance against his parent club, but they could not find the leveller.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, Sampaoli started his second stint at the Sevilla helm with an exciting battle against Ernesto Valverde's third-place Athletic Bilbao.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sevilla came out flying and Oliver Torres slid home after little more than three minutes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mikel Vesga levelled the scores with a long-range drive in the second half.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sevilla remain 17th but under Sampaoli, who coached them in the 2016-17 season, they will hope to claw their way up the table.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Almeria beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1 earlier Saturday. 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