Real Madrid loses to Mallorca in LaLiga match day 20
Real Madrid’s issues grew as they lost 1-0 away at Mallorca, only two weeks before they play Liverpool in the Champions League.
The loss hurts their prospects of chasing league leaders Barcelona, but there was more bad news when Thibaut Courtois missed the match due to an abductor muscle injury sustained during warm-ups.
Even though they were already missing Eder Militao and Karim Benzema, Nacho, who was replacing Militao, scored the game’s lone goal by accidently scoring past replacement goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.
Mallorca took the lead on 13 minutes when Nacho headed past stand-in keeper Andriy Lunin. Asensio’s missed penalty piled misery onto Carlo Ancelotti in the second half.
The defeat left Real Madrid second in La Liga, five points behind Barcelona who host Sevilla later on Sunday.
Mallorca’s win over Los Blancos was their first since 2019 and only their second victory against the Spanish giants in 14 matches.
Los Piratas, who have also beaten Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home this season, stayed 10th, nine points clear of the relegation zone.
Barcelona has a chance to go EIGHT points clear at the top of LaLiga this evening if the LaLiga leader wins Seville
