Mallorca were not able to prevent Madrid from winning and taking three points.
By Olisa Obi
Antonio Rudiger’s second-half goal earned La Liga leaders, Real Madrid, a 1-0 home win over Mallorca to extend their unbeaten league run to 13 games.
Centre-back Rudiger broke the deadlock after he capitalised on sloppy defending from a corner to power a header into the top corner and score his first goal of the season.
While speaking about it, he gave credit to the crosser, Luka Modric, saying, “Great cross by Luka, great block by [Dani] Carvajal and luckily it went in,” Rudiger told reporters.
“I’m happy because it was an important goal and three important points for us. This team has something special, a good mix of young and old talent.”
Mallorca had mounted an impressive defensive display and came close to shocking Madrid with two efforts that hit the woodwork.
Also, in his return from injury, Vinicius Junior also went close to scoring, but Mallorca keeper, Predrag Rajkovic, made a superb save to deny the Brazilian in the first half.
While speaking to news men, Carvajal said that “Mallorca played a tactically very good game, very aggressive in defence. The set piece gave us the victory.
“We close the first half of the season as possible leaders; 48 points is a lot. In the second half, we’ll be looking to surpass them.”
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Next for Madrid is a visit to fifth-tier side Arandina in the first round of the Spanish Cup before taking on Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup.
