Real Madrid suffered a loss in RCDE Stadium by 1-0 due to a late goal that made their position vulnerable in the league.
Real Madrid Faced A Shocking Defeat Against Espanyol Giving Relief To Atletico And Barcelona Making The Title Race Attracting
The night was a nightmare for Carlo Ancelotti as after losing Rudiger for an injury in the 15th minute, Los Blancos dropped points. Rudiger's injury made Real Madrid out of all defensive options before the UCL clash against Manchester City.
Rudiger's Injury Made Carlo out of Defenders in the Present Campaign with Injured Militao and Carvajal along with Recovering Alaba.
The return of Alaba was giving hope to Madrid fans and just after that Los Blancos lost the player who made the most appearances and started all games in white this season. Alaba is still not fit to start and compete for 90 minutes, leaving Carlo in a big mess in this situation.
Ancelotti confirmed that “Antonio Rudiger has suffered a muscular injury” and when he asked about if the injury came due to overload on the player for not signing any defender by the club, the Italian replied “I can't answer you in that sense.”
Garcia Frustrated Real Madrid Player Helping His Team to Kill the Game in Sudden Counter
Visitors was solid in attack in the game and took 23 shots out of 7 on target but Espanyol GK Joan Garcia started to frustrate Mbappe, Vinicius, Bellingham, and Rodrygo. VAR denied the opener from Vinicius in 20th minute due to Mbappe's foul on Espanyol's defender creating controversy in the decision as it was clearly shown that Mbappe had not pushed the player which could have led to the foul.
Despite continuous attacks, Madrid players failed to open the scoresheet and surprisingly Carlos Romero from Espanyol took a shot that ended in a goal giving a very important 3 points to the home team that can help them to avoid relegation zone. Los Blancos now has 49 points with just 1 point above Atletico and if Barcelona wins tomorrow, Catalans will reduce their point gap from 7 to 4.
H/T- Tribuna
