And that's that. Real Madrid still halfway here, halfway there. Perhaps the absence of Sergio Ramos at the back showed tonight as they conceded 2 cheap goals. But they were forced to work for every single minute of the game by a resolute Malaga side who have a lot of fight in them.
That's all from the yap centre tonight. That was an exciting encounter. Hope y'all had fun following this. You can sell me that bill of goods on Twitter @goddamnhunter.
92' Real Madrid are lucky if they get out of this game with all 3 points. Malaga have been working their socks off. They have the chance to mount one more attack. But even that gets blocked off and Madrid transition into attack. That should be it.
88' Marcelo surges ahead and combines well with the Madrid midfield before trying to release Ronaldo one-on-one. But his ball is stopped before it can reach the Portuguese and Malaga clear their lines.
86' Marcelo delightfully frees up Casemiro on the left side and he tries to whip one into the path of Ronaldo who is waiting at the far post but it is cleared away before it comes to anything.
84' Real Madrid are now set up defensively with more than half of their players staying put in their own half. Benzema and Ronaldo try to combine to produce some magic but Benzema is flagged offside. In fact, Ronaldo should have been flagged offside right before that.
Borja Baston unleashes a shot from the right side of the box but it goes wide off the far right corner as Malaga flounder a glorious opportunity to equalize.
76' RONALDO MISSES THE PENALTY AND SCORES OFF THE REBOUND!
Poor penalty from Ronaldo- it was not headed towards the side netting and Roberto makes the save with a diving effort to his right. But the ball balloons into the air and falls sweetly for Ronaldo who slots it home unchallenged. Lucky but that'll do.
Nothing comes from Malaga's freekick it and Madrid clear their lines. Malaga recycle the ball back to their goalkeeper. Roberto tries to send a long one to the left wing from all the way back but Madird get to the end of it and start a counter. Modric is brought own by Hernandez as he tries to get to the end of a cross from Vasquez.
67' Dani Carvajal tries to create something out of nothing on the right side but he has to stop as the referee deems his coming together with the Malaga defender a foul.
66' Juanpi falls inside the box as Varane was hot on his heels. No penalty says the ref. However, the replays show Varane almost slapping the lights out of Juanpi from behind. Lucky there for Varane.
62' OH RONALDO! HOW DID YOU MISS THAT? HOW COULD YOU MISS THAT?
Dani Carvajal with more industry down the right flank, keeps the ball in possession. Modric then finds Vasquez in space and his ball into the box is decent. It is headed in towards goal by Benzema and all Ronaldo had to do was get any kindof touch on it and he fails to do that as the ball goes out- agonizingly close to the far post.
And that's that. Real Madrid still halfway here, halfway there. Perhaps the absence of Sergio Ramos at the back showed tonight as they conceded 2 cheap goals. But they were forced to work for every single minute of the game by a resolute Malaga side who have a lot of fight in them.
That's all from the yap centre tonight. That was an exciting encounter. Hope y'all had fun following this. You can sell me that bill of goods on Twitter @goddamnhunter.
Arrivederci!