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That's that as Real Madrid complete what was, in the end, a rather routine 2-0 win for Madrid. Ronaldo will be disappointed he didn't score, but his service was impeccable as ever and it means Real Madrid have finally won a game in the Bernabeu this season
89' OH ISCO OH ISCO OH ISCO! The man plays football like ballerinas dance ballets; he spins Aaron with a lovely little pirouette forcing the defender to hug him to a standstill. Isco is then taken off - for a standing ovation - and Borja Mayoral gets his two minutes
87' OH VAZQUEZ! WHAT A CHANCE! Cristiano Ronaldo does brilliantly to work a foot of space on the left and fizz an absolutely lovely ball that lands at the feet Vazquez - who can only find Pau Lopez with his effort. Should have scored, that
84' The match is petering out to nothingness... despite Ronaldo's best attempts; Darder does ever so well to ensure the Portuguese' goal tally for the season, in the league remains at 0
80' OH! VAZQUEZ! The corner is worked short and Isco does ever so well to control it on his chest and pass it to Vazquez - who's acrobatic scorpion kick only manages to see the ball deflect off Ramos' path
78' Achraf tries to pick out Ronaldo with a lovely little dink in behind the goal, but Ronaldo's first touch combined with heavy pressure from Hermoso means the great man can't do anything but see it roll off the park
77' Real Madrid's defence looks a bit shaky still, and Espanyol win a freekick as Casemiro smashes into Aaron with a ridiculous challenge that earns a deserved yellow
72' Moreno does well to win a corner off Ramos... CHANCE! Espanyol play the corner short before sending it in deep where Navarro is on hand to head well at goal, but Navas is behind it all the way
Ronaldo leads a supremely pacey counterattack and 4v3, he feeds it to Asensio. The Spaniard takes a moment, sees Isco drop away from the defenders and passes it to him... He, in turn, smashes it to the far post
69' EI! EI! ASENSIO! Aaron nips away from three people before feeding the ball to Kroos who in turns plays it to Asensio - whose shot is deflected away for a corner. Zidane rolls his dice for the first time as he takes off Kroos for Vazquez
64' Baptistao almost latches onto a long ball, but Navas pulls off his best Neuer impersonation and clears the ball... Sanchez then ends up pulling Asensio back and that's a straightforward yellow
63' OH MY LORD! Baptistao plays a brilliant one-two with Navarro and the Brazilian has the legs to stream away from Varane. The Frenchman does well to keep up, though, and he does well to get his boot in the way of Baptistao's ball across to an utterly free Moreno
61' Javi Fuego and Aaron toy with Isco before they play the ball forward where Ramos does well to take the ball away from Moreno.... Madrid flow forward and Nacho sends in a decent-looking cross that Ronaldo volleys into the stratosphere
60' The belligerent Sergio Garcia steals the ball of Isco, bullies Modric away before the even more belligerent Casemiro steals it off him.... the Brazilian then does well to win a freekick off Moreno
That's that as Real Madrid complete what was, in the end, a rather routine 2-0 win for Madrid. Ronaldo will be disappointed he didn't score, but his service was impeccable as ever and it means Real Madrid have finally won a game in the Bernabeu this season
That's all for me, Anirudh Menon signing out
Toodle-ooo!