Real Madrid beat Mallorca in La Liga, scoring twice in two minutes

Real Madrid continued their perfect start to the campaign with a 2-1 victory over Real Mallorca, which is their third straight La Liga victory.

After Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi opened the scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Arda Guler and Vinicius Junior scored in succession for Los Blancos on Saturday.

Three more goals for Xabi Alonso’s Madrid were also ruled out as they continued to improve since the coach’s arrival at the start of the summer.

Alonso’s impressive accomplishment comes from winning all of their games before the first international break, which they did this summer in the Club World Cup and did not experience much preseason.

Vinicius Junior and Trent Alexander-Arnold were both benched in last weekend’s win over Real Oviedo, but the former Bayer Leverkusen coach reinstated them.

Kylian Mbappe, who has scored three league goals this season, initially thought he had broken the deadlock early on, but was later found guilty of offside.

After 18 minutes, Vedat Muriqi diverted a corner past Thibaut Courtois from the left.

After two unbeaten starts in La Liga, Madrid had already conceded one goal in the first half of the campaign.

In less than two minutes, Alonso’s side scored twice.

Arda Guler headed home in the 37th minute after Dean Huijsen headed Alvaro Carreras’ cross into the 6-yard box.

Vinicius jumped into space after Mallorca was rocking before slamming a finish into the bottom corner.

Before the break, Mbappe had the opportunity to extend Madrid’s lead, but after Guler’s drive was deflected into his path, he nudged wide from close range.

Moments later, the Frenchman struck again offside, and the goal was foreseen.

Early in the second half, the 18-year-old’s first Santiago Bernabeu start, for whom he showed little nerve, was bright summer signing Franco Mastantuono.

After some excellent footwork in the box, the Argentinian attacker forced Roman to make a save, and Guler eventually turned home after the Spanish team’s third disallowed goal of the night.

The goal was later ruled out due to the Turkish playmaker’s improper handling of the ball before striking, upsetting Madrid supporters.

As Mallorca searched for an equalizer, Carreras created a spectacular goal-line clearance to prevent Samu Costa’s thumped effort.

Madrid were unable to always close games out under Alonso’s successor Carlo Ancelotti, but they did so with a good deal of control in the dying stages to prevent Mallorca from getting too close.