Bellingham and Modric win back, Vini sent off| All Football

Jude Bellingham scored one and created the other as two late goals gave Real Madrid a 2-1 win at Valencia on Friday despite Vinicius Junior’s red card.

Matching Report

Madrid moved back to the top of LaLiga at the end of a night when everything seemed to go against Carlo Ancelotti’s side.

They went behind to a Hugo Duro goal after 27 minutes and passed up a huge chance to equalize early in the second half when Bellingham’s poor penalty bounced off the post after Kylian Mbappe was fouled.

Vinicius was then shown a straight red card 11 minutes from time for striking Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski.

Yet Luka Modric, brought on following that incident, equalized following a lovely pass from Bellingham.

And there was still time for Bellingham to run through and finish coolly in the seventh minute of stoppage time, moving Madrid two points ahead of rivals Atletico Madrid, who have a game in hand.

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Data post-discussion: Madrid’s milestone after a rare recovery

Victory took Madrid to 5,002 LaLiga points all-time, making them the first club to move past 5,000, but few of those have been achieved in such impressive and unlikely fashion.

Not since November 1999 against Rayo Vallecano have Madrid been shown a red card while already trailing and have gone on to win.

Valencia were perhaps the ideal opponents for such a scenario, however, as they have now dropped 19 points from the winning positions this season, a league high which leaves them still in the relegation zone .

Matching Events

0′ The match is about to begin!

Game Event 5′ for Valencia against Real Madrid

5′ Almeida passes the ball to Hugo whose shot forces a good save from Courtois

9′ Almeida’s shot from distance is wide

13′ Foulquier shoots from a tight angle and forces another good save from Courtois

20′ Guerra’s shot for the first time sails over the bar in the end

26′ Bellingham has a shot over the bar

27′ Duro does well to finish the rebound into an empty net! Valencia 1-0 Real Madrid

33′ Highlights from Valencia against Real Madrid

36′ Vinicius goes down claiming a foul in the box but the referee does not call a penalty

38′ Valverde takes a rocket of a shot from way out of the box but it’s over the bar

43′ Vinicius takes a shot with his left foot which is saved

52′ Bellingham misses a penalty which bounces off the right post!

59′ Mbappe scores the equalizer but it is disallowed for OFFSIDE!

67′ Highlights from Valencia against Real Madrid

74′ Vazquez takes a shot that goes wide of the goal

Red Card 79′! Vinicius sent off for pushing and putting his hand on Dimitrievski

85′ Modric scores the equalizer from Bellingham’s help! Valencia 1-1 Real Madrid

Line-ups

Valencia XI: Stole Dimitrievski, Foulquier, Rioja, Almeida, Hugo Duro, Cesar Tarrega, Diego Lopez, Enzo Barrenechea, Cristhian Mosquera, Yarek Gasiorowski, Javi Guerra

Subs: Domenech, Sergi Canós, Maximiliano Caufriez, Hugo Guillamón, Dani Gómez, Germán Valera, Jesús Vázquez, Rubén Iranzo, Iker Córdoba, Martín Tejón, Vicent Abril

Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Rudiger, Vazquez, F Mendy, Ceballos, Mbappe, Valverde, Aurelien Tchouaméni, Vinicius, Rodrigo, Jude Bellingham

Subs: Modric, Vallejo, Brahim, Andriy Lunin, Fran García, Eduardo Camavinga, Arda Güler, Raúl Asencio, Endrick, Fran González