Actual Madrid squandered the prospect to maneuver 5 factors clear on the high of LaLiga as they fell to a last-gasp defeat to Osasuna on Saturday.
New boss Alvaro Arbeloa was seeking to develop into solely the third supervisor within the membership’s historical past to win his first six league video games, nevertheless that hope was ended courtesy of a stoppage-time winner from Raul Garcia at Estadio El Sadar.
Ante Budimir’s penalty had earlier given the hosts a first-half lead, however Los Blancos hit again after the break.
Kylian Mbappe had a purpose dominated out for offside earlier than Vinicius Jr, the topic of an alleged racist comment towards Benfica within the Champions League in midweek, levelled with simply over quarter-hour remaining.
As Arbeloa’s facet sniffed all three factors, they had been undone late on to open the door for rivals Barcelona to leapfrog them into tops-spot with a win over Levante on Sunday.
How the motion unfolded
Osasuna are the one facet in LaLiga who haven’t conceded a single purpose within the opening quarter-hour of a match this season.
So it was maybe unsurprising that the primary quarter of an hour glided by with out a lot attacking motion.
The sport sprang into life within the twenty fifth minute. First, Thibaut Courtois produced a shocking save to disclaim Ruben Garcia earlier than the Belgian was once more available to disclaim Budimir.
With the guests wanting barely rattled, the Actual goalkeeper was once more on the centre of the motion seven minutes earlier than half-time.
Following a overview, it was deemed that Courtois had stood on Budimir’s toe and the penalty was awarded to Osasuna.
The Croatian picked himself as much as ship the Los Blancos stopper the unsuitable approach to give the hosts the lead going into the break.
Within the second half, Arda Guler let fly from the sting of the field however his effort flew simply over the bar.
Osasuna had been wanting good worth for his or her benefit, however on 71 minutes Actual thought they’d levelled when Kylian Mbappe fired into the highest nook.
Nevertheless, because the prolific Frenchman wheeled away in celebration, the offside flag was raised and the purpose was chalked off.
It mattered little. Simply two minutes later, the equaliser did come courtesy of Vinicius Jr., the Brazilian tapping dwelling from Federico Valverde’s cross.
Javi Galan then made an excellent block to disclaim Mbappe earlier than, deep into second-half stoppage time and with Actual urgent for a winner, Osasuna surprised their hosts.
Raul Garcia lower inside past Raul Asensio earlier than ending from a slender angle to ship the house followers wild.
The trouble had initially been dominated out for offside however following a VAR overview, the purpose was given and Actual’s probability to increase their lead on the league’s summit was gone in dramatic trend.
