That's that, and Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his drought and put behind a dreadful 85 mins to score the goal that won Real Madrid a precious three points against a superb Getafe outfit.
A wonderful match to cover, thanks for reading! Anirudh Menon signing out.
94'OH GETAFE! OH GETAFE! OH GETAFE! Molina plays the ball forward, Portillo almost picks out Lacen on the counter, but Nacho heads it clear... where Fajr tries an ambitious overhead kick that goes toward the corner flag
92' Toni Kroos almost gifts Getafe a point with a horrendous pas back that trickles toward Casilla, but the keeper does ever so well to reach it just before Molina. Madrid are living dangerously here...
90' OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME. A comedy of errors in Madrid's defence ends with Casilla punching Nacho's head off whilst punching the ball straight to Lacen... who smashes an absolute thunderb****** just wide of the net, with Casilla woefully out of position
88' OH MY LORD! Bergara finds himself in space inside the box as Molina plays him in with a sublime ball, but the defender's finish is as expected; poor.... and it trickles into Casilla's hands
Of course, it was him. Of course, it was him. Isco unlocks Getafe's defence with a wickedly delicious ball, and Ronaldo absolutely leathers it into the bottom corner.
He may do nothing for 85 minutes, but it's for these moments of magic that you retain your faith in the great man!
77' OH PORTILLO! The forward runs into space down the right wing, turns around and with atleast three decent options around him, he passes it straight to Hernandez, who is two yards away from me
76' Madrid exchange passes at the edge of the box, but Fajr does supremely well to intercept the ball and win a freekick off Kroos to relieve the pressure on his defense
72' HOW! HOW IN HELL DID CRISTIANO RONALDO MISS THAT! ONE YARD OUT FROM GOAL... ONE YARD.... HE MISSES THE GOAL! Kroos' freekick had been delivered to the far post where the ball had been knocked back across goal to Ronaldo, who was all by his lonesome!
61' Amath runs at Vazquez and wins Getafe a corner... the home crowd are bouncing, loving every bit of it as their team take it to their much more illustrious opponents. A La Liga special, this.
60' Djene does superbly to bully Vazquez off the ball... but then gives it straight to Achraf. The young Moroccan, though, is stopped in his tracks by a sliding Antunes takcle
57' Portillo has come to life... he sits Achraf down on his haunches with a slick move inside the box but his ball into Amath is closed down well by Nacho
OH MY! OH MY! That could well be a Nacho own goal, by the by, but Getafe enact a superb counterattack of their own and Portillo's driven cross is poked in by a combination of Nacho and Molina
53' OH HO HO HO! What a move Madrid! Marcelo's twinkling feet starts a superb Madrid counter that mixes some slick one-touch passes and deft touches to feed the ball back to Marcelo. Juan Cala heads it off Marcelo's afro, back to his keeper who fumbles and Ronaldo almost makes the most of it but the ball wriggles out from under him and to Vazquez. He in, turn is closed down by Antunes, but the ball bounces off to Marcelo who draws a superb save from Guiata with a lovely volley
46' Vazquez tries to set up Ronaldo but Djene does ever so well to make sure he gets to the ball first. A few seconds later Djene repeats the trick - this time on Benzema
OH GETAFE! Ronaldo takes a free quickly and plays the ball forward, Cala slides to intercept but only succeeds in diverting the ball to Benzema's feet. He races into the box, hurdles a challenge, and absolutely leathers it into the bottom corner
38' Marcelo tries to pick out Asensio with an ambitious pass but Djene reads it perfectly.... Madrid come right back, though, and Marcelo ends up jinking into the box but once again Djene reads the Brazilian's mind and steps in to stop what could have been a dangerous situation
That's that, and Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his drought and put behind a dreadful 85 mins to score the goal that won Real Madrid a precious three points against a superb Getafe outfit.
A wonderful match to cover, thanks for reading! Anirudh Menon signing out.
Toodle-ooo