Real Madrid 2-1 Malaga - As it happened

Re-live the agonising win of La Liga leaders Real Madrid over Malaga at the Bernabeu stadium.

FULL-TIME: Real Madrid 2-1 Malaga

Real Madrid return to winning ways following two consecutive defeats, but their display was not convincing against a gutsy Malaga who made life difficult for Los Blancos

Four minutes of injury time

Real enjoy a long spell of possession to dissuade Malaga from looking for the equaliser

Lucas Vazquez is booked

The Real Madrid winger sees the yellow for a hard tackle on Recio

Real Madrid make a change

Morata comes on for Benzema

Real miss a chance

Ronaldo finds the ball in space but his shot is saved by Kameni

Malaga make a change

Michael Santos comes on for Penaranda

Real Madrid make a change

Kovacic comes on for Modric

Ronaldo hits the post

A lovely long ball from the left and Ronaldo volleys it, Kameni is beaten but it hits the far post

Kameni almost scores comical own goal

Malaga's goalkeeper is out of the area as he receives an innocent ball back from a defender, the ball goes through his legs and he has to sprint back to save on the line!

Malaga make a forced change

The recently-arrived De Michelis comes on for Juankar

Malaga make a change

Jony comes on for Chory Castro

Great chance for Malaga

Navas saves Real as he clears a great Chory Castro effort from a wide angle

GOAL: Real Madrid 2-1 Malaga (Juanpi , 63 mins)

Chory made a fantastic run from the left, his low cross passed behind Penaranda but Juanpi was following through the middle and taps it in

Navas blocks

A great cross in by Chory but Navas came out and grabbed the ball before Penaranda can connect with it at the far post

Real Madrid free kick comes to nothing

Kroos took a free kick in fashion similar to the play that led to the second goal, but Ronaldo was called off-side.

Second half under way

Malaga kick off.

HALF-TIME: Real Madrid 2-0 Malaga

Malaga must feel they deserved better as they created chances and even hit the post once, but nobody can discuss the brutal efficiency of Sergio Ramos in finishing off set pieces...

Ronaldo hits the bar

Just seconds from half-time Ronaldo sends the ball to the bar from a cross by Benzema.

GOAL: Real Madrid 2-0 Malaga (Ramos, 42 mins)

Kross executes a free kick from the left and gives the ball a delightful curve, nobody clears as Malaga's defence stands still and Ramos simply taps the ball in past Kameni

Malaga's Juan Carlos sees yellow

Just like the booking of Casemiro a couple minutes earlier, this one was also a clear yellow

Casemiro gets booked

Casemiro with the late tackle from behind and sees the referee's yellow card

GOAL: Real Madrid 1-0 Malaga (Ramos, 35 mins)

You know the drill: Real earn a corner, Kroos takes it to send it masterfully to the heart of the area and Sergio Ramos does what he does best - rise above everyone to head the ball into the back of the net...

Malaga miss great chance

Malaga corner from the left and Camacho surges above everybody for the header at the far post, but sends it just over the bar

Real make a change

Isco comes on for Marcelo, who suffered an injury

Malaga hit the post

A Chory shot from outside the box hits Navas's far post

Benzema misses in front of goal

Another great cross from the right by Vazquez but Benzema tried for the spectacular goal and instead missed it altogether

Real miss another chance

A brilliant long ball through the middle to Ronaldo but Kameni came out of his area and cleared

Real miss a chance

A great cross by Vazquez from the right and Benzema gets a free header, but the ball goes over the bar

Real Madrid goal ruled out

Benzema was about five meters off-side when he tapped the ball in, so no doubt there about the call

Match under way

Benzema kicks off for Real Madrid

Teams coming out on the field

We are less than three minutes from kick-off

Will Real Madrid bounce back?

Zinedine Zidane's team is coming off two consecutive losses. Will they find success against the struggling Malaga?

Official line-ups announced

Real Madrid XI: Navas, Nacho, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Modric, Casemiro, Kroos, Vazquez, Benzema, Ronaldo. Malaga XI: Kameni, Rosales, Munoz, Villanueva, Juankar, Junapi, Recio, Pablo, Camacho, Castro, Penaranda.

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