Madrid, November 8 (BNA): Rayo Vallecano came from behind to defeat Real Madrid 3-2 on Monday, with the champions failing to regain the top spot after two consecutive matches without a win and suffering their first loss in La Liga this season. .
Barcelona leads with 34 points, two points behind Real Madrid and ten points over Atletico Madrid, who is in third place. After his third win in a row, Rayo climbed to eighth, two points off the European qualifying spots, Reuters reported.
Since losing Ballon d’Or-winning striker Karim Benzema to a thigh injury last month, Real have won only one of their last three games in all competitions.
And on Monday evening, Real missed several chances in a final match against Rayo, who is one of the top scorers in La Liga this season.
“I was not surprised because we all know how to play, they were better and more accurate than us today and it is a deserved win for them,” Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti told Movistar Plus.
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“We missed out on a lot of challenges. It was overwhelming. It’s not matter if you have more quality if your opponents are more severe than you.
“I think we started the season well but the team felt a stressful schedule ahead of the World Cup.”
Under the influence of their enthusiastic fans in the claustrophobic Vallecas stadium, the hosts opened the scoring five minutes into the game when midfielder Santi Comisana finished off a quick counter-attack from inside the penalty area, but Real went ahead with two goals in four minutes.
The first came in the 37th minute when Croatian playmaker Luka Modric scored a penalty kick after Marco Asensio’s mistake inside the penalty area, and the second came about four minutes later with a powerful header from Eder Militao.
However, Rayo striker Alvaro Garcia scored the equalizer just before the end of the first half, hitting a rebound.
Then Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo missed several chances before and after the break that could have put Real back in front.
The second half was fraught with emotions and ill-tempered, as both teams were given three yellow cards each, and Andoni Iraola, Rayo coach, showed a red card for inappropriate behavior after several blasts in the referee.
But Rayo’s steadfastness was enough to award a penalty in the 67th minute after the VAR monitored a handball by defender Danny Carvajal inside the area. Real’s Thibaut Courtois stopped Oscar Trejo’s efforts but the kick had to be retaken because the goalkeeper left his streak too early.
Trejo did not miss his second chance, scoring what proved to be the winner with a finishing touchdown arranged to the left of the goalkeeper.