Madrid, April 22 -- Real Madrid closed Barcelona's lead at the top of La Liga to six points with a 2-1 win at home to Alaves.
Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a powerful shot from the edge of the Alaves penalty area.
Eder Militao hit the bar two minutes from halftime with a header, but pulled up immediately afterwards and had to be substituted with a muscle injury, with Toni Martinez hitting the postfor a battling Alaves in first half injury time.
Vinicius Jr, who had previously been booed by the fans in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, doubled Real Madrid's lead with a powerful right-foot shot after good work from FedeValverde.
Martinez finally got his goal in injury time, but although it was too late to save a po...