mallorca upset real madrid 2-1 with late goal
Palma de Mallorca, April 5 -- Vedat Muriqi snatched Mallorca a surprise 2-1 La Liga win over Real Madrid on Saturday to deal Los Blancos a significant blow in the Spanish title race.
Alvaro Arbeloa's side thought they had rescued a point after Eder Militao nodded home with two minutes remaining before Muriqi pounced in stoppage time to help the hosts climb to 17th. The defeat leaves second-place Real Madrid four points behind leaders Barcelona.
Arbeloa started the game with Vinicius Junior on the bench, with Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich in mind.
Madrid lacked spark in the first half, creating few openings of note. Meanwhile, Manu Morlanes threatened for Mallorca, heading just over, but Madrid did not heed the warning.
The midfielder opened the scoring, losing Camavinga and arriving into the box to fire Pablo Maffeo's cross into the bottom corner past Andriy Lunin.
Arbeloa sent on Vinicius, Jude Bellingham and Militao for his first appearance since December after injury. Madrid huffed and puffed but to little avail as Martin Demichelis's Mallorca stayed solid at the back.
They were eventually undone by Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner, as Militao powered a header into the top corner. However there was a sting in the tail for Madrid. Muriqi lashed past Lunin in the 91st minute to claim three points for his side....
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