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Real Madrid

  • Higuaín 7’, 36’ (pen.), 70’, 77’

Málaga

  • Eliseu Pereira 5’
  • Baha 17’
  • Apoño 69’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Madrid
    • Málaga
    • 90'+3 There is the final whistle and Real Madrid have somehow grabbed a win despite clearly looking second best for much of the match. Real will go top of the table for at least two hours, although Barca have the chance to re-gain the lead when they take on Valladolid
    • 90' The clock ticks over to 90 minutes and there will be three minutes of injury time to be played
    • 89' Nacho races down the left wing before sending up a brilliant cross but Duda can only just his head to the ball and it falls kindly for the Real defence, who clear
    • 85' Nacho whips the ball in towards the penalty spot where Duda dives forward to try and get his head to the ball, but he can't quite get there and the chance goes begging. Into the last five minutes now
    • 81' Baha pounces on a loose ball on the edge of the area to the right of goal but Casillas gets a hand to the shot and the ball goes behind for a corner - which Malaga can do nothing with
    • 79' Brilliant save by Arnau to keep Malaga in with a chance of getting something from this match - Van der Vaart runs down the right side of the box before releasing his shot ... he may have been better squaring the ball to the approaching support but instead Arnau gets his body in the way before his defence clear
    • 77' GOAL REAL! Higuain gets his fourth of the night! His penalty kick is saved by Arnau, who dives down to his right, but the keeper cannot collect it and Higuain turns the re-bound in to the back of the net
    • 75' PENALTY REAL! If it is possible, the drama is heightening even further at the Bernabeu as Higuain is awarded a penalty after he goes to ground and Calleja is booked. That is an absolutely shocking decision, Higuain was nowhere near the ball and received no contact from Calleja before diving to the floor
    • 72' Real are showing no signs of their one-man disadvantage as they press for the winner
    • 70' GOAL REAL! Real level up for a third time right from the re-start as Higuain completes his hat-trick with a long-range bullet that heads straight into the top of the net. What a match!
    • 69' GOAL MALAGA! Apono steps up and very emphatically (or riskily depending on which way you look at it!) slams the ball into the top of the net! 3-2 Malaga!
    • 69' PENALTY MALAGA! Gago charges into Duda inside the area and the referee is right behind them and decides he denied Malaga a clear goalscoring opportunity
    • 64' A limping Eliseu is brought off and replaced by Nacho
    • 62' Duda with a great chance from the right of goal but his right-footed shot is wide of the left post
    • 59' Real are all over the place as Marcelo receives the ball on the outside of the area and fires it goalward but the ball drifts wide of the right post
    • 56' Real Madrid earn themselves a free kick about 35m out which Higuain is standing over ... but nothing comes of it as the ball is slammed into the wall
    • 52' Miguel Angel with a golden opportunity to put Malaga in front again as he receives the ball at the far post but after a great first touch, where he chested the ball down to his feet, his shot goes astray as he slices the ball wide of the right post
    • 47' Higuain's touch deserts him temporarily as he looks to touch the ball on, turn and serch for his hat-trick. But the ball runs through and Arnau is comfortable in his collection of the ball
    • 46' Just one chance to bring you up to date with from the interval - Sneijder has been brought off by Schuster to make room for Salgado, who comes on in Ramos's absence to shore up Real's defence
    • 46' Malaga get the second half underway ...
    • 45' There is the half-time whistle and what a dramatic first half that has been. A quick chance to catch your breath now before what is sure to be another frantic 45 minutes!
    • 44' SERGIO RAMOS IS OFF!! Ramos battles with Eliseu from behind before standing on the Malaga forward's chest and chasing after the ball. That really is a schoolboy error from the Spain international and he has been shown his ninth red card at Real Madrid for his troubles
    • 41' Duda whips his free kick in towards the goal but the ball is ever so slightly too high and it lands on the top netting
    • 40' Heinze is the latest player to be shown a yellow card and give away a free kick for a late challenge in midfield - this could be dangerous
    • 36' GOAL REAL! Higuain steps up to the penalty and puts enough power on the shot to force it underneath the diving body of Arnau and we are back on level terms at the Bernabeu
    • 36' PENALTY REAL! The ball hits Weligton on the left arm right on the edge of the area and the Brazilian gives away the spot kick and will receive a yellow card for that. He's been pretty unlucky there - that decision could have gone either way but Real have the chance to level up
    • 32' Miguel Angel wins a free kick inside his own half but Malaga can make nothing off it at this stage. The have pretty much been in Real Madrid's half only three times so far in this match and have scored from two of them which they will to keep doing if they want to record an upset tonight
    • 29' Van der Vaart with a free kick from almost drifts all the way through and into the back of the net but Arnau is on hand to collect a fairly easy ball
    • 25' Van der Vaart with a corner for Real but Arnau comes out for it confidently to punch it away
    • 22' A free header for Gago on the penalty spot as none of the Malaga defenders get up to challenge him but the shot is poorly directed and it drifts past the left post
    • 18' GOAL MALAGA! Another shocker from the Real Madrid defence as Duda whips the ball into the box. Heinze is the final man back and should have had no trouble clearing the ball but he leaves it thinking Baha is offside behind him. There's no flag though and the Malaga centre forward has little difficulty in tucking the ball past Casillas with his first touch
    • 15' Sneijder finds Higuain just outside the area, to allow the striker to fire the ball goalward but his shot is blocked and Arnau doesn't even have to make a save
    • 12' Another great chance for Real to get themselves in the lead as van der Vaart works his way into the area before unleashing a shot and missing just past the left post. That early goal from Malaga really seems to have spurred Real into action
    • 10' A frantic opening 10 minutes to the clash as Real have a chance to take the lead with Sneijder forcing a good reaction save from Arnau
    • 8' GOAL REAL! The hosts hit back immediately with Higuain thumping the ball into the back of the net from 12 yards out when Malaga leave gaping holes in its defence
    • 6' GOAL MALAGA! A complete mess in defence from Real as Eliseu is allowed to run in from the right wing and past the keeper before cutting the ball back into the centre of the box. Real turn the ball off their own posts and Duda has a slash at it before the ball finds it's way back to Eliseu who turns it into an empty net! Shocking confusion from Real, who look half asleep!
    • 4' Drenthe tries his luck from distance but is closed down quickly and fires the ball well over the top of the bar
    • 1' The match is underway at the Bernabeu ...
    • 18:55 Hello and welcome to Eurosport Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage from La Liga where injury-plagued Real Madrid take on Malaga with a spot in the top two up for grabs if they win

  • Team Stats

    Real Madrid Stats Málaga
    59% Possession 40%
    25 Shots 20
    12 Shots on target 9
    3 Saves 3
    5 Corners 2
    13 Fouls 20
    0 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 4
    1 Red cards 0
    18 Tackles 17
    387 Accurate passes 234
    53 Bad passes 54

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Real Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Iker Casillas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
      12 Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 49 17 3
      4 Sergio Ramos 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 27 0 1
      15 Royston Drenthe 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 20 4 1
      16 Gabriel Heinze 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 47 5 1
      5 Fabio Cannavaro 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 40 1 1
      8 Fernando Gago 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 51 5 0
      10 Wesley Sneijder 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 23 9 0
      14 José Maria Guti 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 49 5 4
      23 Rafael van der Vaart 0 5 3 4 1 0 0 17 2 2
      20 Gonzalo Higuaín 4 7 5 3 1 0 0 28 4 2
      28 Alberto Bueno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Javier Saviola 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
      25 Jerzy Dudek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Míchel Salgado 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 17 1 3
      6 Mahamadou Diarra 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      21 Christoph Metzelder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Raúl González Blanco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Málaga
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Francesco Arnau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      2 Jesus Gamez 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 1 3
      3 Robson Pena de Oliveira 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 24 3 2
      14 Hélder Rosário 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 22 1 3
      19 Miguel Ángel Lozano Ayala 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 26 4 2
      10 Antonio Galdeano Benitez 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 29 5 0
      11 Javier Calleja 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 35 16 1
      18 Eliseu Pereira Dos Santos 1 3 2 0 3 1 0 10 2 2
      17 Sergio Paulo Barbosa Valente 0 4 1 1 3 1 1 13 5 2
      25 Nabil Baha 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 16 4 0
      12 Adrián López Álvarez 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 14 6 1
      24 Manuel Ortiz Toribio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Pablo De Barros Paulino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Albert Luque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      23 Ignacio Pérez Santamaria 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 3 1
      8 Fernando Miguel Fernández Escribano 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 3 0
      13 Inaki Goitia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Manuel Gaspar Haro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 77' GOAL REAL! Higuain gets his fourth of the night! His penalty kick is saved by Arnau, who dives down to his right, but the keeper cannot collect it and Higuain turns the re-bound in to the back of the net
    • 70' GOAL REAL! Real level up for a third time right from the re-start as Higuain completes his hat-trick with a long-range bullet that heads straight into the top of the net. What a match!
    • 69' GOAL MALAGA! Apono steps up and very emphatically (or riskily depending on which way you look at it!) slams the ball into the top of the net! 3-2 Malaga!
    • 44' SERGIO RAMOS IS OFF!! Ramos battles with Eliseu from behind before standing on the Malaga forward's chest and chasing after the ball. That really is a schoolboy error from the Spain international and he has been shown his ninth red card at Real Madrid for his troubles
    • 41' Duda whips his free kick in towards the goal but the ball is ever so slightly too high and it lands on the top netting
    • 36' GOAL REAL! Higuain steps up to the penalty and puts enough power on the shot to force it underneath the diving body of Arnau and we are back on level terms at the Bernabeu
    • 18' GOAL MALAGA! Another shocker from the Real Madrid defence as Duda whips the ball into the box. Heinze is the final man back and should have had no trouble clearing the ball but he leaves it thinking Baha is offside behind him. There's no flag though and the Malaga centre forward has little difficulty in tucking the ball past Casillas with his first touch
    • 8' GOAL REAL! The hosts hit back immediately with Higuain thumping the ball into the back of the net from 12 yards out when Malaga leave gaping holes in its defence
    • 6' GOAL MALAGA! A complete mess in defence from Real as Eliseu is allowed to run in from the right wing and past the keeper before cutting the ball back into the centre of the box. Real turn the ball off their own posts and Duda has a slash at it before the ball finds it's way back to Eliseu who turns it into an empty net! Shocking confusion from Real, who look half asleep!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

  • Real Madrid

    Manager: Bernd Schuster

    Starting line-up

    • I. Casillas
    • S. Ramos Red Card
    • F. Cannavaro
    • G. Heinze Yellow Card
    • .. Marcelo
    • F. Gago Yellow Card
    • J. Guti
    • R. Drenthe Substitution Out (75′)
    • R. van der Vaart Substitution Out (84′)
    • W. Sneijder Substitution Out (47′)
    • G. Higuaín Goals×3 Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 7. G. Raúl
    • 2. M. Salgado Substitution In47′
    • 21. C. Metzelder
    • 25. J. Dudek
    • 9. J. Saviola Substitution In75′
    • 6. M. Diarra Substitution In84′
    • 24. F. Javi García
    • A. Bueno

    Injured

    • 11. A. Robben
    • 3. .. Pepe
    • 18. R. De la Red

    Suspended

    None

  • Málaga

    Manager: Antonio Tapia

    Starting line-up

    • F. Arnau
    • J. Gámez Yellow Card
    • M. Helder Rosário
    • D. Robson Wellington Yellow Card
    • J. Calleja Yellow Card
    • M. Lozano
    • A. Apoño Goal
    • D. Eliseu Pereira Goal Substitution Out (61′)
    • S. Barbosa "Duda" Yellow Card
    • N. Baha Goal
    • L. Adrián

    Subs

    • 5. A. Luque
    • 8. F. Fernández
    • 23. N. Pérez Santamaría Substitution In61′
    • 13. I. Goitia
    • 20. G. Manolo
    • 24. M. Lolo
    • 22. D. Pablo

    Injured

    • 9. S. Ballesta Vialco
    • 6. A. Rossato

    Suspended

    None

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