Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday in their matchday 32 meeting in La Liga, courtesy of a fantastic strike by Federico Valverde in second half stoppage

Fede Valverde saved Real Madrid's La Liga title hopes with a 92nd minute winner against Athletic Bilbao. After crashing out of the Champions League on Wednesday, Real Madrid returned to La Liga action with a point to prove,

There is simply no downplaying the importance of Sunday's clash for Real Madrid, as the capital giants look to bounce back from what was a poor showing against Arsenal on Wednesday; a 5-1 defeat overall eliminated them from the competition, and there has been intense speculation surrounding the future of head coach Carlo Ancelotti in recent days.