Real Madrid squandered the prospect to maneuver 5 factors clear on the prime of LaLiga as they fell to a last-gasp defeat to Osasuna on Saturday.
New boss Alvaro Arbeloa was trying to turn into solely the third supervisor within the membershipβs historical past to win his first six league video games, nonetheless that hope was ended courtesy of a stoppage-time winner from Raul Garcia at Estadio El Sadar.
Ante Budimirβs penalty had earlier given the hosts a first-half lead, however Los Blancos hit again after the break.
Okylian Mbappe had a objective dominated out for offside earlier than Vinicius Jr, the topic of an alleged racist remark against Benfica in the Champions League in midweek, levelled with simply over quarter-hour remaining.
As Arbeloaβs facet sniffed all three factors, they have 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 objective 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 surprising 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 evaluate, it was deemed that Courtois had stood on Budimirβs toe and the penalty was awarded to Osasuna.
The Croatian picked himself as much as ship the Los Blancos stopper the unsuitable solution 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 have 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.
Nonetheless, because the prolific Frenchman wheeled away in celebration, the offside flag was raised and the objective was chalked off.
It mattered little. Simply two minutes later, the equaliser did come courtesy of Vinicius Jr., the Brazilian tapping house from Federico Valverdeβs cross.
Javi Galan then made an outstanding 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 reduce inside past Raul Asensio earlier than ending from a slim angle to ship the house followers wild.
The trouble had initially been dominated out for offside however following a VAR evaluate, the objective was given and Actualβs likelihood to increase their lead on the leagueβs summit was gone in dramatic vogue.
