Kylian Mbappe stayed calm to roll home a 100th-minute penalty and grab Real Madrid a 2-1 win over nine-man Rayo Vallecano in a spicy La Liga football derby on Sunday.
Vinicius Junior scored early on for Madrid after Jude Bellingham limped off with an apparent hamstring injury.
Los Blancos suffered an early setback as England international Bellingham pulled up holding the back of his thigh, going off in agony.
Vinicius fired the hosts ahead in the 15th minute, showing tidy footwork just inside the area before firing high over Augusto Batalla and into the net.
Los Blancos were in charge, but though they took the lead, their fans were not appeased, and whistled the team in at the break.
Four minutes into the second half, Rayo pulled level. Alvaro Garcia nodded a cross down for de Frutos.
The visitors should have taken the lead after an hour, when Andrei Ratiu ran through on goal with only Courtois to beat. But the Belgian stopper made a superb save to deny him.
Rayo made life harder for themselves when midfielder Ciss was sent off for an ugly foul on Madrid’s Dani Ceballos.
With the clock ticking down, Madrid were awarded a penalty when Nobel Mendy clumsily fouled Brahim Diaz, and La Liga’s top scorer Mbappe dispatched the ball to snatch three points for his side.
Rayo finished the match with nine men after Chavarria was shown a second yellow card for shoving Rodrygo Goes.
Credit: aljazeera.com
