Mbappe’s late penalty gives edgy Real Madrid 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid gain a ⁠hard-fought shot triumph implicit their section ​rivals to determination to wrong 1 constituent of league leaders Barcelona.

Kylian Mbappe stayed calm to rotation location a 100th-minute punishment and grab Real Madrid a 2-1 win implicit nine-man Rayo Vallecano successful a spicy La Liga shot derby connected Sunday.

Los Blancos chopped Barcelona’s pb backmost to 1 constituent astatine the apical of the array a time aft the Spanish champions beat Elche.

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Vinicius Junior scored aboriginal connected for Madrid aft Jude Bellingham limped disconnected with an evident hamstring injury.

Jorge de Frutos pulled Rayo level aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional arsenic Madrid fans showed their choler astatine their team. But aft Rayo’s Pathe Ciss was issued a reddish card, Mbappe netted from the spot astatine the death.

Pep Chavarria was besides sent disconnected for 17th-placed Rayo, who took a shaky Madrid to the ligament earlier falling short.

After the hosts’ midweek defeat astatine Benfica, which forced them into the Champions League playoff round, the Santiago Bernabeu assemblage was successful an unforgiving mood.

Mbappe and Madrid manager Alvaro Arbeloa had begged fans to enactment the team, but, conscionable arsenic they did 2 weeks agone against Levante, they whistled astatine their ain players.

Former Barcelona winger Ilias Akhomach fired narrowly wide aboriginal on, and the ambiance would person been further soured had his effort crept wrong Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois’ post.

Los Blancos suffered an aboriginal setback arsenic England planetary Bellingham pulled up holding the backmost of his thigh, going disconnected successful agony.

Vinicius fired the hosts up successful the 15th minute, showing tidy footwork conscionable wrong the country earlier firing precocious implicit Augusto Batalla and into the net.

Vinicius Junior scores the opening shot extremity for Real Madrid [Thomas Coex/AFP]

Arda Guler came adjacent to getting a second, with Batalla redeeming his effort and Vinicius turning the rebound wide.

Los Blancos were successful charge, but though they took the lead, their fans were not appeased, and whistled the squad successful astatine the break.

Four minutes into the 2nd half, Rayo pulled level. Alvaro Garcia nodded a transverse down for de Frutos, a erstwhile Madrid younker player, to scope and drill home.

The visitors should person taken the pb aft an hour, erstwhile Andrei Ratiu ran done connected extremity with lone Courtois to beat. But the Belgian stopper made a superb prevention to contradict him.

Mbappe came centimetres distant from putting Madrid successful beforehand erstwhile Batalla rushed retired of his goal, with the French guardant knocking the shot astir him but past hitting the barroom from distance.

Kylian Mbappe rounds Augusto Batalla lone to miss an unfastened extremity from region [Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]

Rayo made beingness harder for themselves erstwhile midfielder Ciss was sent disconnected for an disfigured foul connected Madrid’s Dani Ceballos.

Eduardo Camavinga headed against the station arsenic Arbeloa’s broadside turned the screw, earlier 9 minutes of stoppage clip were added on.

With the timepiece ticking down, Madrid were awarded a punishment erstwhile Nobel Mendy clumsily fouled Brahim Diaz, and La Liga’s apical scorer Mbappe dispatched the shot to snatch 3 points for his side.

Rayo finished the lucifer with 9 men aft Chavarria was shown a 2nd yellowish paper for shoving Rodrygo Goes.