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You can argue with me all you want, but you won’t convince me that there is a better goalscoring defender in world soccer than Sergio Ramos. He has what it takes to come up big, and we’ve seen that in last year’s Champions League final and several times this season.

On Sunday, he did it again. Ramos headed home the winner for Real Madrid in the 2-1 victory over Real Betis in La Liga, lifting the capital club into first place in the league. Real Madrid entered the match one point below first-place Barcelona, who lost on Sunday to Deportivo La Coruna

Here’s his winner on 81 minutes.

What a goal. He didn’t even have to jump for it. He just read it perfectly and fired home.

And with that, Real moves into first place with a game in hand. Talk about taking advantage of the situation with Barca’s loss.

Here’s a look at the table with the weekend’s matches over.

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