HIGHLIGHTS | Real Madrid 2-0 Villarreal | LaLiga 2024/25
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00:00Dani Carvajal has confirmed he will need surgery after suffering a serious cruciate ligament
00:05injury in Real Madrid's 2-0 win over Villarreal at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.
00:10The Spain right-back was left screaming in agony after seemingly overextending his knee
00:14in a collision with Jeremy Pino in added time, and was carried off the pitch on a stretcher
00:19in tears.
00:20''Serious cruciate ligament injury confirmed, I'm going to have to go through surgery and
00:24be off the field for a few months,'' Carvajal, 32, later wrote on Instagram.
00:30Already looking forward to starting recovery and coming back like a beast.
00:34Speaking immediately after the win which continued Real's unbeaten start to the La Liga season,
00:39manager Carlo Ancelotti said his players were sad and worried for Carvajal.
00:44He added, ''Something happened that happens a lot, because of the calendar, and it happened
00:48to a very, very important player for us.''
00:51A Real Madrid statement, external on Sunday said that Carvajal had a ruptured anterior
00:56cruciate ligament, a ruptured external collateral ligament and a ruptured popliteus tendon in
01:01his right leg and would have an operation in ''the coming days''.
01:05The Spanish club later announced that Carvajal, who has won the Champions League six times
01:09and La Liga four times with the club, has extended his contract with them until June
01:1330, 2026.
01:15Real Madrid would like to show him all its support and affection and wishes him a speedy
01:19recovery so that we can enjoy his football on the pitch again as soon as possible, said
01:23the Bernabeu outfit.
01:25Meanwhile, the La Liga side said that Brazil forward Vinicius Junior had suffered a neck
01:30injury and his progress will be monitored.
01:33Real's victory came after a shock defeat by Lille in the Champions League on Wednesday.
01:38Federico Valverde gave Real the lead in the 14th minute on Saturday when his shot from
01:42the edge of the box found the bottom left corner after deflecting off the unfortunate
01:46Alex Baena.
01:48Minutes later, Villarreal almost equalised when Nicolas Pepi's header clipped the crossbar
01:53from Baena's cross, before Thierno Berry headed over the bar.
01:57Vinicius Junior made sure of the victory with 17 minutes left to play, launching a fierce
02:02effort from long range into the top corner.
02:05Real had further chances to increase their lead but Antonio Rudiger sent a header over
02:09the bar and England international Jude Bellingham's long-range effort sailed wide of the post.
02:14Villarreal thought they had a penalty five minutes after the break when Aurelien Touamini
02:18fouled Berry, but the French forward was adjudged to be offside.
02:23Baena's 25-yard free-kick grazed the side netting as the away side continued to probe
02:27but ultimately failed to find a way back into the game.
02:30Ancelotti's side are now undefeated in 41 La Liga matches, W30-D11, the second-best
02:36unbeaten streak by a team in the entire history of the competition.
02:41Real's Barcelona are the only side to better that, with a 43-game unbeaten league run,
02:46W34-D9, in 2018.