Cristiano Ronaldo made up for a missed a penalty by also scoring in injury time to reach the 50-goal mark for a fifth consecutive season as Real Madrid beat Malaga 3-1 at home to stay two points behind Barcelona with six rounds left.
The win, however, proved costly with both Gareth Bale and Luka Modric picking up injures four days before Madrid host Atletico Madrid in their second-leg Champions League quarter-final with the tie poised at 0-0.
Bale hurt his left calf two minutes into the match at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and Modric went down after tweaking his right knee in the 57th, with Madrid winning 1-0.
Sergio Ramos volleyed in Ronaldo's free kick for the 24th-minute lead. Ronaldo fired a spot kick off the post in the 67th, but James Rodriguez worked two one-two passing combinations to score two minutes later.
Juan Jimenez hit back immediately for Malaga when Pepe left him unmarked in the 76th.
Ronaldo then tapped Javier Hernandez's cross into the open net for his competition leading 39th goal of the season.
Griezmann moved into third place on the season's top-scorer list after he struck with a scissor kick to put Atletico ahead in the fifth and added his 20th league goal in the 22nd. Deportivo's Oriol Riera scored with a header in the 78th.
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