Mallorca wins 1-0. Real Madrid: An own goal by Nacho condemns the defending champions to defeat as they lose ground on Barcelona in the title race... with Marco Asensio missing a penalty for Carlo Ancelotti's side.
Real Mallorca won 1-0. Real Madrid: An own goal by Nacho condemns the defending champions to a shock defeat as they lose ground on Barcelona in the title race, with Marco Asensio missing a penalty for Carlo Ancelotti's team. Madrid trails rivals by five points. Barcelona has played one more game. A tenacious Mallorca side maintained their lead over the European champions until Asensio's missed penalty compounded Carlo Ancelotti's misery in the second half. Real Madrid suffered a 1-0 defeat away at Mallorca just two weeks before facing Liverpool in the Champions League. The loss hurts their chances of catching leaders Barcelona, but there was more bad news: Thibaut Courtois will miss the game after injuring his abductor muscle in warm-up. They were already missing Eder Militao and Karim Benzema, and it was Militao's replacement Nacho who scored the game's only goal, an own-goal past stand-in keeper Andriy Lunin. Madrid won a penalty kick in the second half, but wit