Espanyol vs Real Madrid 2021-22 LaLiga

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Real Madrid struggles continue with shock defeat at Espanyol

Real Madrid's struggles continued as they sustained a shocking 2-1 defeat at Espanyol on Sunday.

0': First Half begins.
11': Adrián Embarba (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17': Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 0. Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrián Embarba with a cross.
29': Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
58': Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces Óscar Melendo.
60': Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 0. Aleix Vidal (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Keidi Bare.
62': Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Luka Modric.
62': Substitution, Real Madrid. Casemiro replaces Toni Kroos.
65': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Aleix Vidal.
65': Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Adrián Embarba.
71': Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Jovic following a fast break.
72': Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Vinícius Júnior.
79': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
81': Substitution, Espanyol. Dídac Vilá replaces Óscar Gil because of an injury.
82': Substitution, Espanyol. David López replaces Sergi Darder.

Competition: Spanish LaLiga

Venue: RCDE Stadium
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 23,377

Landry Dimata, Wu Lei, Álvaro Vadillo, David López, Gori, Joan Garcia, Dídac Vilà, Nicolás Melamed, Manuel Morlanes, Álvaro García, Lorenzo Morón.

Andriy Lunin, Casemiro, Jesús Vallejo, Miguel Gutiérrez, Rodrygo, Luis López, Luka Jovic, Eden Hazard.

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