Betis 2-1 Real Madrid: Two costly mistakes leave Blancos 2 pts behind Barcelona

Real Madrid missed a chance to regain their lead at the top of La Liga after former Barcelona man Cristian Tello secured a shock 2-1 win for Real Betis on Sunday evening.

Zinedine Zidane's side had climbed to the summit with their Clasico defeat of Barcelona last week, but they slipped back below their bitter rivals after Quique Setien's men triumphed on Saturday and could not reclaim first place following a below-par display in Seville.

Indeed, Madrid would have been fortunate to emerge with even a point, as Betis enjoyed the better of the contest and led through Sidnei, only for the defender to swiftly concede a penalty at the other end that Karim Benzema scored.

Former Barca winger Cristian Tello netted with eight minutes remaining, though, and Los Blancos' have now won just once – against the Blaugrana – in their past five matches in all competitions, with Betis picking up their first win in seven top-flight games. 

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Match Events

16' Vinicius with a great chance!

Vinicius and Marcelo combine neatly down the left-wing, allowing the former to race towards the byline where he's tracked meticulously by Emerson who manages to block the cross and clear it away from danger. 

28' HUGE CHANCE! Bartra's header over the bar

Huge chance for Betis! Fekir whips in the resulting free-kick and it flicks off an unaware Militao and through to Barta who manages to mistime his free header from close range and wastefully plant it over the bar! 

36' Brilliant save from Courtois to deny Fekir

Brilliant save from Courtois! Betis cleverly engineer a three-on-three through Canales who gallops menacingly towards the edge of the area, before selflessly squaring it to Fekir who hits a powerful effort first time from 20 yards that arcs towards the top left corner where it's met firmly by a leaping Courtois to palm it away for a corner!

40' GOAL! Betis 1-0 Real Madrid (Sidnei)

BETIS TAKE THE LEAD! 1-0! Madrid fail to clear their lines from a corner, allowing Fekir to dispossess Ramos who appears to bring him down before Sidnei pounces on the loose ball and slams a fierce shot beyond Courtois at the near post!

48' Penalty Goal! Betis 1-1 Real Madrid (Benzema)

MADRID EQUALISE! 1-1! Benzema steps up confidently and fires a low shot into the bottom left corner as Robles dives helplessly in the wrong direction!

55' Modric to the rescue to spoil Betis' huge chance!

Betis miss a huge chance! Fekir cuts through the Madrid midfield with a brilliant threaded pass that creates a two-on-one for Canales and Joaquin! Canales drives at Modric and draws the midfielder towards him before slipping Joaquin through on goal, where the attacker jinks past Courtois before poking a shot towards the empty net, only for Modric to race back and hack it away to safety! 

71' OFF THE BAR! Mendy almost scores

Madrid hit the bar! A loose ball on the edge of the area falls to Modric who lashes a shot back at goal that Robles does well to parry away, but Mendy picks up the rebound and cuts inside before curling a swinging shot at goal that thumps back off the bar! The away side are finally bursting into life!

82' GOAL! Betis 2-1 Real Madrid (Tello)

BETIS TAKE THE LEAD! 2-1! Ramos plays a reckless pass out of defence straight into the path of Guardado who slips a throughball to Tello, who finds himself one-on-one with Courtois before calmly slotting a low finish beyond the goalkeeper!

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