MADRID: In the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale’s, Alvaro Morata scored twice to make sure Real Madrid maintained a two-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga in a 4-2 win at Leganes. Earlier, on Wednesday, Lionel Messi’s double and Luis Suarez’s stunning overhead kick helped Barcelona sweep aside Sevilla 3-0. Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane gambled on the strength of his squad ahead of a mammoth 18 days, which sees the European champions welcome Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to the Santiago Bernabeu and also meet old foes Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals. However, the Frenchman was rewarded as the likes of Marco Asensio, James Rodriguez and Morata took their chance to shine. As well as their slender lead, Real also have a game in hand over Barcelona. Asensio’s storming run set up the opener for Rodriguez on 15 minutes as he weaved past three Leganes defenders before squaring for the Colombian to tap home his sixth goal of the season. Morata’s looping header and then calm finish into the top corner from Mateo Kovacic s pass looked to have put Madrid out of sight inside 23 minutes.