La Liga: Actual Madrid suffers first league defeat of the season towards Rayo Vallecano

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Actual Madrid missed out on the prospect to return to the highest of La Liga as a retaken penalty gave Rayo Vallecano a shock 3-2 victory over Los Blancos.

It was Actual’s first defeat within the league this season and provides Barcelona a two-point lead on the high of La Liga after 13 video games.

The house facet took an early lead in Tuesday’s sport as Santi Comesaña scored within the opening 5 minutes, however Actual hit again later within the first half by Luka Modric’s penalty and Éder Militão’s acrobatic header.

The lead lasted solely three minutes as Rayo leveled simply earlier than halftime when Thibaut Courtois was unable to parry away Álvaro García’s drive.

Dani Carvajal’s handball halfway by the second half noticed Rayo awarded a penalty to go in entrance. Courtois saved Óscar Trejo try, however the goalkeeper got here off his line too early and the kick was retaken.

The ahead made no mistake the second time as he positioned his penalty past Courtois’ attain.

The end result means Rayo now has one win and two attracts towards the highest three groups in La Liga this season – Barcelona, Actual, and Atlético Madrid.

“I wasn’t stunned as a result of everyone knows how they play, they had been higher and extra exact than us right now and it’s a well-deserved win for them,” Actual Madrid supervisor Carlo Ancelotti informed Movistar Plus, in line with Reuters.

“We misplaced too many challenges. They had been overwhelming. It doesn’t matter when you have extra high quality in case your rivals have extra depth than you.

“I feel we began the season properly however the crew has felt the exhausting schedule forward of the World Cup.”

Actual, now with no league win in additional than two weeks, subsequent faces Cádiz on Thursday, and after that has a seven-week break whereas the World Cup takes place in Qatar.

Barcelona, in the meantime, has an opportunity to increase its lead on the high of La Liga when it performs Osasuna on Tuesday.