Real Madrid suffered a huge blow to its qualification for the knockout stage of the Champions League as it was defeated 3-1 at home Tuesday by AC Milan.
The defeat left Real Madrid with six points from its first four matches in the tournament, a visit to play Liverpool at Anfield next on the agenda, and more than the result, coach Carlo Ancelotti will be worried by a poor performance from his side, who had a rest at the weekend.
The game was just 12 minutes old when Malick Thiaw gave Milan the lead with a near-post finish from a corner that was poorly defended by the home side.
Real Madrid reacted well and was level after 23 minutes when the VAR decreed a penalty against Vinicius Jr committed by Emerson, who left his foot high to bring down the winger.
Vinicius rose to get on his feet and chip a penalty into the centre of the Milan goal.
At other times, Real Madrid continues to bully the opponents, but Milan never allowed themselves to be intimidated by the equalizer, and after Tijani Reijnders made Andriy Lunin produce a good save, Spain international Alvaro Morata restored them ahead.
At Bernabeu, Morata, the subject of regular jibes there, reacted faster than everyone else to nod home after Lunin had done well to save from Rafael Leao.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti brought on Eduardo Camavinga and Brahim Diaz at halftime but that did not inspire his side as Leao wasted a counter-attack and Morata hit the woodwork, before Reijnders made it 3-1 from close range after a powerful run down the left from Leao.
With 10 minutes to go, Antonio Rudiger thought he had pulled one back but his volley after Mark Maignan's poor clearance was ruled out for a very tight offside.
Lunin made another block to deny Ruben Loftus Cheek and Maignan denied Brahim as Milan held on for a deserved win.
Girona was one of the first Spanish sides to take to the field on Tuesday night and they fell victim to a comprehensive defeat at PSV Eindhoven, who scored enough goals to win all three points with two compliments from Ryan Flamingo, while Malik Tillman further stretched the lead before half time.
In the 83rd minute of play, Johan Bakayoko was the only man able to score for his side as Ladislav Krejci sealed Girona's fate five minutes down the road with an own goal. By that point in the match, visitors had seen 10 men on the pitch following the red card sent to Arnau Martinez following the accumulation of two yellow cards.
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