Real Madrid’s title champions come from behind to beat the legais of 3-2 relegation to Laliga.
Kylian Mbappe scored twice to help Real Madrid exceeds a fiery 3-2 legales and a level of traction with Barcelona at the top of Laliga, while Atletico Madrid has lagged behind in the title race.
The match between the reigning champions and a team trying to repel the relegation was presented as three easy points for Madrid. It was anything but Leganes showed much more bite than expected at Santiago Bernabeu.
After Mbappe put Madrid in advance of the penalty place in the 32nd minute, Leganes amazed the crowd by hitting immediately after restarting. The back left Valentin Rosier shaped clear on the right flank and crossed Oscar Rodríguez, whose bad shot was pushed by Diego Garcia.
The southern vainon of Madrid did it again in the 41st. This time, Rosier stole the ball at Brahim Diaz and ran to the center of the field before playing Rodríguez Clear, who square the ball so that Dani Raba takes the lead.
Even if Leganes continued to threaten a third goal, Madrid took advantage of his chances in the second half to overthrow him.
Jude Bellingham equalized when he rushed to finish a rebound. Mbappe made it a trot of a free kick, cutting the ball around the barrier and just inside the post after a rigorous call of fault which was protected by Leganes.
Mbappe has 22 goals in Laliga, only one less than Robert Lewandowski from Barcelona.
Barcelona can restore her three -point lead when they welcome Girona on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid stumbles again in the Laliga reigning race
The 1-1 draw from Atletico in Espanyol left him six points behind the frontrunners with nine laps after this weekend.
Cesar Azpilicueta put Atletico in advance in the 38th with a spectacular volley of an authorization by a defender of the Espanyol who fell outside the region. The 35 -year -old defender celebrated his first career goal in Laliga.
The Espanyol supported in the second half and Javi Puado converted a penalty in level in the 71st after Clement Lenglet shot Leandro is wavering while contesting a cross in the box.
Atletico led the League in January and seemed ready to have its best shot to win the title they had won twice under Diego Simeone’s Decade in charge. But the wheels came out in March. The shift in Espanyol followed consecutive defeats against Getafe and Barcelona, interspersed with two defeats against Madrid during the final of the Champions League.
Atletico let smoke but Griezmann exceeds Messi
The Atletico goalkeeper, Jan Oblak, did not hide his disappointment, especially after the club spent great in summer to probably assemble the deepest team in Spain.
“Two more important points have moved away from us. It is difficult to understand why it happens,” said Oblak. “We talked in January how we had to be consistent to compete for the title and we do not show it. The teams behind us firmly and the teams at the top run away.”
Oblak said Atletico should come together for the semi-final of Copa del Rey on Wednesday against Barcelona because “we want at least to fight for this title”.
Simeone himself said that the title would be decided “in the last five laps”.
The Espanyol, in 15th place, was undefeated in nine home games, a race which included a shock victory against Real Madrid.
Atletico defender Robin Le Normand had to be replaced after hitting the heads with an Espanyol player.
Atletico striker Antoine Griezmann has set a new record for the games played by a foreigner in Laliga with 521 appearances. The French striker exceeded 520 games played by Lionel Messi from Argentina.
Mikel Oyarzabal and Sergio Gómez marked while Real Sociedad beat Valladolid 2-1.
Rayo Vallecano left Alaves in the relegation zone with a 2-0 victory on the road to Vitoria.
