A familiar face came back to haunt the La Liga basement boys as Isco starred in Real Madrid's comfortable victory by scoring a goal and setting one up.
2017/2018 La Liga
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Match Events
16' CHANCE! Kovacic's header saved
29' GOAL! Málaga 0-1 Real Madrid (Isco)
Goal! The away team take a 0-1 lead through Isco.
49' Asensio goes down under pressure from Rosales in the box and appeals for a penalty. However, the referee turns down his claim, much to the frustration of the Spaniard.
63' GOAL! Malaga 0-2 Real Madrid (Casemiro)
Casemiro puts the ball in the net and the away team extend their lead. The score-line now reads 0-2.
The visitors open up Malaga through the middle and Casemiro converts from close range. Benzema surged into the final third before offloading to Isco in the left inside channel. The Spaniard cut the ball back for Casemiro two yards out, and the Brazilian could not fail to find the net from his position.
73' Madrid are knocking the ball around the pitch with ease. They seem quite content to see this contest out without pressing for a third goal.
90' GOAL! Malaga 1-2 Real Madrid (D.Rolan)
ROLAN SCORES A CONSOLATION GOAL! The striker outmuscles Vallejo in the box and manages to latch on to Ricca's cross from the left. He hammers his left-footed strike past Navas from close range. There's no clean sheet for Madrid this evening.
Line-ups
Málaga XI: Roberto Jiménez, Ignasi Miquel, Ricca, Rosales, M.Torres, Manuel Iturra, A.González , Castro, Lacen, Brown Ideye, D.Rolán
Subs: Andrés Prieto, Iván Rodríguez, Rolón, S.García, Alberto Bueno, Maxime Lestienne, En-Nesyri
Real Madrid XI: Keylor Navas, D.Carvajal, J.Vallejo, S.Ramos, Theo, Casemiro, Vázquez, Asensio, Isco, Kovacic, Benzema
Subs: Kiko Casilla, Marcelo, Achraf, Kroos, M.Llorente, Ceballos, Mayoral