Real Madrid kept their perfect start to the La Liga campaign with a comeback 4-1 victory over Mallorca to return to the league top. Barcelona go the second.
Although, Mallorca had only conceded once in their last five La Liga away games at the Santiago Bernabéu, Vedat Muriqi headed in to give his team a shock lead on the 35th minute.
However, Madrid did not give up his attempts and even doubled the pressure on Mallorca side of the field with Federico Valverde’s long run culminating in a strike that flew into the top corner and equaled the score 1-1.
The second half further proved Real Madrid's dominance. Brazilian forward Vinícius Júnior kept threatening Mallorca's goalkeeper with nice shots. On minute 72, Rodrygo produced a great pass towards Vinicius Junior who ran inside the penalty area and scored a low shot into the back of the net. Real Madrid took the lead.
Last minutes of the second half resulted in 2 more goals for home team. Rodrygo advanced to forward and finished his run with a fantastic goal. Then Antonio Rudiger won the ball inside the penalty area after the free kick and scored with a precise shot into the bottom left corner to celebrate his first goal for Madrid's team.
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