Actual Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid: Alvaro Rodriguez flicks in late equaliser for hosts in Spanish funds derby after Jose Maria Gimenez headed 10-person people in advance, with Angel Correa despatched off for elbowing Antonio Rudiger
Atletico substitute Angel Correa was sent off in the 64th moment of the match But Jose Maria Gimenez headed house Antoine Griezmann’s absolutely free-kick to scoreThen Real Madrid equalised five minutes from the end through Alvaro’s strike
Real Madrid’s 18-12 months-previous striker Alvaro Rodriguez scored his first purpose for the club to salvage a position but this nonetheless goes down as a attract that could see the Spanish title commence to slip away from Carlo Ancelotti’s aspect.
Madrid preferred all three factors to keep up the stress on Barcelona who play Almeria on Sunday but rather they could now be 10 factors off the pace arrive tomorrow evening. It would have been worse with out boy marvel.
Rodriguez arrived off the bench with Madrid just one-nil down and chasing a match they really should have controlled when Atletico Madrid went down to ten adult males. With 5 minutes remaining Luka Modric swung in excess of a corner and he rose to head it past Jan Oblak. Madrid chased the winner but it never ever came.
The two factors dropped will harm even additional mainly because they had been participating in with one particular additional participant due to the fact the sending off of Angel Correa on moment 64.
The Argentinian did look to jolt an elbow into Antonio Rudiger as the two tussled off the ball but the incident seemed innocuous albeit with the German likely to floor. Referee Jesus Gil Manzano had a fantastic perspective of the incident and pulled out a straight purple card. It appeared ridiculously severe but Atletico did not fold.
Alvaro Rodriguez scored his very first Actual Madrid objective five minutes from time to protected 1-1 draw
Atletico Madrid’s Angel Correa was issued with a crimson card for elbowing Antonio Rudiger
‘With VAR we have the risk to critique it,’ said Diego Simeone. ‘Rudiger bought straight up. Rudiger is a big and Correa is smaller. We never know if the referee was requested to assessment it but all over again it went towards us.’
Atletico fought difficult towards the odds and took the guide on 78 minutes and like the equalizer it also came from a set-piece and a header. The omnipresent Antoine Griezmann floated in the cost-free-kick and Jose Gimenez sent a bullet header past Thibaut Courtois.
Gimenez experienced occur on for the hurt Reinildo Mandava in the first 50 % just after the left-again badly twisted his knee. Simeone confirmed post-match that it was a cruciate ligament injuries that would rule him out for the rest of the year.
Simeone’s facet had only received a person of the previous 11 Madrid derbies and not beaten Actual Madrid at the Bernabeu considering that the 2014-15 season but they ended up shut now with just 12 minutes as well as time additional on to hold out.
Jose Gimenez rose above the True Madrid defence to head home Antoine Griezmann’s freekick
Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak was tested from all angles as True Madrid sought to dominate
Jan Oblak was now getting tested from all angles and he pushed one shot from substitute Eduardo Camavinga absent as the clock ticked down but it would be another sub who beat the Slovenian keeper.
Rodriguez has scored five objectives this period for Raul’s B-group and he rose to head in Luka Modric’s corner with five minutes left. In executing so he grew to become the 2nd youngest participant to score in a Madrid derby aged 18 and 226 days behind his B-team supervisor Raul who did it aged 17 several years and 131 times.
It was the third derby of the time and Atletico had finished all a few with ten gentlemen. They will be grateful for the issue as they wrestle to make third position.
For Serious Madrid it was a crashing down to earth right after the highs of scoring five at Anfield. They will now hope Almeria do them a favour in opposition to Barcelona on Sunday evening.
