The stress was on Actual Madrid to reply after Atletico Madrid received towards Mallorca earlier within the day, however they’ve didn’t ship. The La Liga leaders had possibilities to defeat Espanyol on the Stage Entrance Stadium, however none had been taken – and so they had been made to pay because the hosts secured a well-known 1-0 victory.
It was a dreadful begin to proceedings for Actual Madrid as in addition they misplaced Antonio Rudiger early on to harm. Nonetheless, they appeared to place that disappointment behind them find the opening aim, and so they did have the ball behind the web within the first half courtesy of Vinicius Junior, nevertheless it was dominated out after a foul within the build-up by Kylian Mbappe.
Into the second half, and Actual Madrid had been once more annoyed of their bid to seek out the breakthrough. Vinicius, Mbappe, Rodrygo Goes and Jude Bellingham all had possibilities, however a mixture of poor ending and wonderful goalkeeping from Joan Garcia saved the guests at bay.
In the long run, it was Espanyol that scored. A fast counter-attack noticed Antoniu Roca play the ball out huge, Omar El Hilali collected on the overlap and his deep cross was volleyed in on the again submit by his reverse full-back Carlos Romero, who may rely himself lucky to nonetheless be on the pitch after a wild problem on Mbappe earlier within the half was solely given as a yellow card, regardless of Carlo Ancelotti’s protests.
Actual Madrid piled on the stress within the closing levels as seven minutes of stoppage time had been added on, however ultimately, they may not discover the equaliser. It’s a outcome meaning Espanyol transfer out of the relegation zone with these three factors, whereas Los Blancos keep some extent away from Atleti, who they play within the Madrid derby subsequent weekend.