The defending champion Real Madrid comes from behind to beat the descent threatened, Leganes 3: 2 in Laliga.
Kylian Mbappe scored two two goals to help Real Madrid, to surpass a lively legan with 3-2 and pull with Barcelona at the head of Laliga, while Atletico Madrid continued in the title race.
The match between the defending champion and a team that tries to ward off the descent was invoiced as a slight point for Madrid. It was anything but like Leganes in Santiago Bernabeu showed much more bite than expected.
After Mbappe Madrid took the lead from the penalty point in the 32nd minute, Leganes fascinated the home group by falling back after the restart. The left -back Valentin Rosier clearly sprinted on the right flank and crossed for Oscar Rodríguez, whose poorly hit shot was pushed home from Diego Garcia.
The Minnow from the south of Madrid did it again in the 41st. This time Rosier stole Brahim Diaz’s ball and raced into the middle of the field before playing Rodríguez Clear, who set the ball for Dani Raba to take the lead.
Although Leganes continued to threaten a third goal, Madrid used his chances in the second half to turn it around.
Jude Bellingham gloss when he entered to end a rebound. Mbappe made it a clip of a free kick that is incredible the ball around the barrier and directly in the post for a strict, usual call, which was protested by Leganes.
Mbappe has 22 goals in Laliga, only one less than Robert Lewandowski from Barcelona.
Barcelona can restore his three -point demonstration if you have Girona hosts on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid stumbles again in the Laliga title race
Atletico’s 1-1 draw in Espanyol left it behind six points behind the leader and nine laps after this weekend.
Cesar Azpilicueta put Atletico in the 38th with a spectacular valle of a release of an Espanyol defender, which fell outside the region. The 35-year-old defender celebrated his first career goal in Laliga.
Espanyol pressed in the second half and Javi Puado turned to place in the 71st place after Clement Lenglet Leandro Cabrera pulled down as he contested a cross into the penalty area.
Atletico led the league in January and looked ready to have their best shot to say the title that they had won twice among Diego Simeone’s decades. But the bikes are published in March. The slip in Espanyol followed two defeats against Getafe and Barcelona, who was interspersed with two defeats against Madrid in 16.6 16th Champions League.
Atletico left angry, but Griezmann walks past Messi
Atletico Jan Oblak’s goalkeeper did not hide his disappointment, especially after the club spent great in summer to put together the deepest squad in Spain.
“We got two more important points away. It is difficult to understand why this happens,” said Oblak. “In January we talked about how we had to be consistent to fight for the title, and we don’t show him. Close the teams behind us and the teams at the top.”
Oblak said that Atletico had to group against Barcelona for the Copa del Rey on Wednesday because “we at least want to fight for this title”.
Simeone himself said the title was “in the last five rounds”.
Espanyol was undefeated in the 15th place in nine home games, a run that included a shock victory against Real Madrid.
The Atletico defender Robin Le Normand had to be replaced with an Espanyol player after knocking.
The striker of Atletico, Antoine Griezmann, set up a new record for games, which was played by a foreigner in Laliga with 521 appearances. The French striker exceeded the 520 games from Lionel Messi from Argentina.
Mikel Oyarzabal and Sergio Gómez scored the last Valladolid 2-1 as Real Sociedad.
Rayo Vallecano left Alaves in the relegation zone with a 2-0 victory on the street in Vitoria.
