Real Madrid claimed a third straight La Liga victory with a 2-1 triumph over Real Mallorca on Saturday to continue their perfect start to the campaign.
Arda Guler and Vinicius Junior scored in quick succession for Los Blancos after Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi had opened the scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Xabi Alonso’s Madrid also had three more goals ruled out as they continued to improve following the coach’s arrival at the start of the summer.
After competing in the Club World Cup this summer and not having much of a pre-season, winning all their games before the first international break is an impressive feat for Alonso.
The former Bayer Leverkusen coach brought Vinicius Junior and Trent Alexander-Arnold back into the starting line-up after both began last weekend’s win at Real Oviedo on the bench.
Kylian Mbappe, who has started the season in fine form with three league goals, thought he had broken the deadlock early on after a fine pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold but was judged to be offside.
Mallorca took a surprise lead after 18 minutes when Vedat Muriqi used his shoulder to divert a corner past Thibaut Courtois.
It was the first goal Madrid had conceded in La Liga this season after two clean sheets in their opening victories.
Alonso’s side responded with two goals in under two minutes.
Dean Huijsen headed Alvaro Carreras’ cross into the six-yard box for Arda Guler to nod home in the 37th minute.
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