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Marcelo: LaLiga in Real Madrid's hands

Marcelo is confident Real Madrid will be crowned LaLiga champions at the end of the season as holders Barcelona keep pressure on the Spanish leaders.

Madrid overturned a two-goal deficit to trump Villarreal 3-2 in a stunning comeback away from home on Sunday.

Marcelo - the provider for substitute Morata's 83rd-minute winner - knows what has to be done for Madrid to claim LaLiga for the first time since 2012.

"Barcelona did what they needed to do by going to a very difficult place and winning," the Brazil full-back said.

"But it's in our hands and if we win all of games, we'll be champions."

"It's going to be very difficult, last year we were playing for the league right up until the very end and this year it looks like it's going to be the same," Ramos said.

"Any team we come up against will try to make it very difficult for us. We want to keep picking up three points in order to win the title. Fortunately it’s in our hands and we're focused on continuing to improve."

"We didn't give up on the game and everyone worked and battled hard as a team and ultimately we managed to get the win. It's important to highlight the commitment from all of my team-mates," Marcelo added.

"Their goals came off second balls and that's something we need to work on and we'll take a look at the video coverage to improve on that. We've picked up the three points, but we need to use this game to ensure that we don't concede more goals, because we're not always going to be able to produce comebacks."