LaLiga: Real Madrid overturn Mallorca as Atletico draw at Alaves

Real Madrid claimed a third straight LaLiga victory with a 2-1 triumph over Real Mallorca on Saturday night to continue their perfect start to the campaign.

Atletico Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw at Alaves, leaving them without a win in their first three La Liga matches.

Arda Guler and Vinicius Junior scored in quick succession for Los Blancos after Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi had opened the scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Xabi Alonso’s Madrid also had three more goals ruled out as they continued to improve following the coach’s arrival at the start of the summer.

After competing in the Club World Cup and not having much of a pre-season, winning all their games before the first international break is an impressive feat for Alonso.

Alonso told Real Madrid TV: “With good team spirit we managed to turn the game around.

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“I’m very happy with this start. We wanted this, we knew we were lacking minutes and some matches.”

For the third consecutive game, Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid spurned a lead to drop points.

His son Giuliano Simeone sent the team ahead early on but Carlos Vicente levelled from the spot for Alaves.

Atletico overhauled their squad in the summer and the coach said he thinks it will take his team some time to click, with results reflecting that.

“We have to keep working, to trust in my players, we have a team that will do better than what we have been doing,” Simeone said after the game.

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