Atletico Madrid fought back from behind to inflict defeat on Real Madrid for the first time this season in a pulsating Madrid derby.
2025/2026 La Liga
5-2
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
3' What a recovery from Militao!
11' Great save Courtois
14' Le Normand scores a header! Atletico 1-0 Real Madrid
17' Great recovery from Jude Bellingham
19' Good crossing from Atletico but nobody catches it
20' Huge mistake from Carreras, nearly punished
22' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid
25' Mbappé equalizes it! Great assist from Guler! Atletico 1-1 Real Madrid
28' Highlight from Atletico vs Real Madrid
34' Vinicius' crossing blocked
36' Guler what a goal! Vinicius insane assist!! Atletico 1-2 Real Madrid
38' Atletico hit the post
39' Bad tackle on Carvajal, he’s in pain
43' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid
45' Asencio ON, Militao OFF
48' GOAL! Another cross and another header! Atletico 2-2 Real Madrid (Sørloth)
51' Penalty Goal! Atletico 3-2 Real Madrid (Alvarez)
56' Yellow Card! Lenglet booked
58' Great freekick from Alvarez
63' GOAL! Julian scores again! Atletico 4-2 Real Madrid (Julián Alvarez)
73' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid
77' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid
83' Vinicius's gesture with Koke after colliding with him untimely
92' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid
Match Report
Alvarez scored twice in the space of 12 second-half minutes on Saturday, as Atletico snapped Xabi Alonso's winning start to life with Los Blancos.
The hosts went ahead in the 14th minute as Robin Le Normand rose above Aurelien Tchouameni to meet Giuliano Simeone's cross and score with a fine header.
Los Blancos soon dragged themselves level, though, as Arda Guder threaded a brilliant pass into the path of Kylian Mbappe, who coolly finished.
Guler then gave the visitors the lead after arriving late to guide a half-volley past Jan Oblak, following excellent work from Vinicius Junior.
Atletico thought they were back on level terms before the break but Clement Lenglet's effort from a corner was disallowed, as the defender was deemed to have handled it.
However, they did equalise on the stroke of half-time through Alexander Sorloth's header, which left Thibaut Courtois stranded in the Real goal.
Then, it was time for the Alvarez show.
Diego Simeone's team were awarded a penalty as Nicolas Gonzalez was caught in the face by a high boot from Guler, with Alvarez duly putting away the spot-kick.
The Argentina international then sent a fabulous free-kick beyond Courtois in the 63rd minute, and as Madrid pressed for a way back into the contest, they were caught cold on the counter as Antoine Griezmann slotted home in injury time.
Data Debrief: Alvarez's dead-ball prowess decisive
Atleti had endured a slow start to the campaign, but this was certainly their best performance of 2025-26 to date.
They were good value for the three points after registering 2.31 expected goals (xG) to their visitors' figure of 0.58, also edging the shot count by 13 to six.
Alvarez, who scored a hat-trick in their midweek win over Rayo Vallecano, led the way with a couple of dead-ball efforts.
He became just the second Atletico player to score a penalty and a direct free-kick goal in a single LaLiga match this century, after Luis Suarez in January 2021 against Cadiz.
1 - Julián Álvarez is the second Atlético de Madrid player to score a penalty and a direct free kick goal in a LaLiga match in the 21st eCntury, after Luis Suárez in January 2021 against Cádiz. Innovative. pic.twitter.com/tmZqRolOyV
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) September 27, 2025
It meant Alonso failed to follow in the footsteps of Vanderlei Luxemburgo, who was the last Madrid boss to win his first seven games at the helm in LaLiga, in 2005.
Line-ups
Atletico XI: Oblak, Koke, Lenglet, Sørloth, Llorente, Le Normand, Dávid Hancko, N. Gonzalez, Alvarez, Giuliano Simeone, Barrios
Subs: Griezmann, Musso, Galan, Molina, Giacomo Raspadori, Gallagher, Álex Baena, Matteo Ruggeri, Marc Pubill, Ilias Kostis, Carlos Martín, Taufik Seidu
Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Mbappe, Valverde, Militao, Tchouameni, Vinicius, Bellingham, Güler, Álvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen
Subs: Alaba, Ceballos, Brahim, Lunin, Fran García, Rodrygo, Camavinga, Gonzalo García, Raúl Asencio, Endrick, Sergio Mestre, Franco Mastantuono