Real Madrid move five points clear of Barcelona with a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao [Best Tweets]

Real Madrid's players celebrate after the Spanish league football match Athletic Club Bilbao vs Real Madrid CF at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on March 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANDER GILLENEA (Photo credit should read ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images)

Real Madrid extended their lead at the top of the La Liga table to five points after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.

Real Madrid came out of the tricky trip to San Mames with all three points, but had to work hard for the result to come out 2-1 winners over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.

Karim Benzema gave the visitors the lead midway through the first half with his 16th goal of the season before Aritz Aduriz levelled things up in the 65th minute to set up an enticing finale.

But, Casemiro stepped up to the plate to grab the winner for Zinedine Zidane’s side as he was left unmarked to slot in an easy tap-in from close range in the 68th minute, and create a five-point lead over Barcelona.

Here are the best tweets after a closely contested affair at San Mames on Saturday

Casemiro scored the winner for Real Madrid, and he was the toast of Los Blancos supporters after the match:

Karim Benzema scored his 16th goal of the season to enter the Top 10 of all-time Real Madrid top scorers list and fans congratulated the Frenchman on a superb performance:

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