Actual Madrid fell to a surprising 1-0 defeat at residence by Getafe to go away them 4 factors behind Barcelona on the prime of La Liga.
Alvaro Arbeloa’s aspect dominated the match all through however lacked a killer contact in entrance of aim with out the injured Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham.
Getafe had not received on the Bernabeu since 2008 however took the factors by a second of sophistication from Martin Satriano.
The free ball was not cleared and Satriano scored a shocking volley from the sting of the penalty space, smashing the ball previous Thibaut Courtois.
Tempers frayed within the final minute as substitute Franco Mastantuono was proven a crimson card for dissent – the sixth participant to be despatched off for Actual within the league this season.
And there was nonetheless time for Getafe to go all the way down to 10 too – Adrian Liso selecting up a second reserving.
Actual Madrid had received their final 16 residence video games towards Getafe in La Liga, with Getafe shedding 18 of the earlier 20 conferences on the Bernabeu.
Getafe supervisor José Bordalás had misplaced 14 of his 16 La Liga matches towards Actual however is celebrating a well-known win that lifts them to eleventh within the desk.
His aspect produced a resolute defensive show, as David Soria produced an assured efficiency in aim to disclaim Actual on a harmful night time.
Vinicius Jr led the road instead of Mbappe and wasted the clearest probability of the primary half, going by on aim solely to be denied by Soria.
Arbeloa turned to his bench nearly instantly after the restart, making three adjustments contained in the opening 10 minutes of the second half – together with withdrawing Trent Alexander-Arnold – and the house aspect did enhance, with crosses into the field inflicting Getafe growing issues. Antonio Rüdiger glanced a near-post header huge, substitute Rodrygo nodded throughout aim and Dani Carvajal was unable to transform on the far submit.
The night turned uglier in stoppage time when Mastantuono was dismissed for abusive language in direction of referee Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz, although Getafe additionally completed with 10 males after Liso picked up a second yellow card for time-wasting.
The defeat is Arbeloa’s fourth in 12 video games in cost.
