Espanyol 2 – 4 R Madrid

Real Madrid Santiago Solari records a third consecutive victory

Gareth Bale scored a few minutes after his 4-2 win

Gareth Bale scored his come-back injury with a goal as Real Madrid continued its impressive turnaround by beating Espanyol 4-2.

Real got off to a good start when Karim Benzema scored in the fourth minute on the rebound, beating former Real goalkeeper Diego Lopez, who had fired Luka Modric's shot.

Captain Sergio Ramos led his center in the 15th minute to score his fourth goal in January and put Madrid more at ease, although Espanyol struggled with a 10-minute Leo Baptistao strike. later.

The Santiago Solari team restored its two-goal advantage when Benzema struck again, just before half-time, playing a face-to-face with Vinicius Jr.

Karim Benzema celebrates his goal

Bale left the bench midway through the second half after more than three weeks of injury and the Wales striker scored three minutes after his return, scoring a pbad and escaping two defenders with one shot of heel before hitting the goal.

Madrid was reduced to 10 men later in the match when Raphael Varane received a flawless red card for blocking a goal opportunity with a foul, and Espanyol fell back from another goal thanks to a superb shot by Venezuelan Roberto Rosales.

Real, who started badly in 2019 but has won five of his last six games in all competitions, is third in the standings with 39 points, 10 points behind leader Barcelona, ​​who beat Girona 2-0 earlier on Sunday. Espanyol has fallen. at 15.

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