People often say, “Don’t tickle the lion.” Well, in Las Palmas’ case, they shouldn’t have tickled the King! The visitors netted after 26 seconds over Fabio Silva but were 3-1 down already at the break, thanks to Kylian Mbappe’s brace and Brahim Diaz’s goal.Rodrygo’s second-half effort was a cherry on top of Madrid’s vital triumph, which brought them back to the top of the La Liga table, though their victory could have been even more convincing as VAR deprived them of three goals – 4-1150 – Carlo Ancelotti is the 22nd coach to reach 150 wins in LaLiga history, the second with @realmadrid after Miguel Muñoz (257). Historic. pic.twitter.com/4FIu4NY0bE— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 19, 2025 Fabio Silva’s 26th-second opener undoubtedly stunned everyone at Santiago Bernabeu, but instead of disheartening, only angered Real Madrid, as Los Blancos awaited the break with a 3-1 lead. Kylian Mbappe netted a first-half brace – from the spot in the 18th and after Rodryigo’s nice assist in the 36th and was deprived of a hat-trick due to VAR and offside. Between his two goals, Brahim Diaz found the net.⚽️ GOAL: Fabio Silva🇪🇸 Real Madrid 0-1 Las Palmaspic.twitter.com/XurwTSjJ5y— Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) January 19, 2025 KYLIAN MBAPPE UNREAL GOAL WOW HE IS TRULY BACK pic.twitter.com/Qu95mnzHiM— WolfRMFC (@WolfRMFC) January 19, 2025 When Rodrygo made it 4-1 in the 57th minute following a creative action over the left flank and Fran Garcia’s timely pass, it was clear that Madrid would finally sit at the throne of La Liga. Yet, to make matters worse for Las Palmas, their midfielder Benito Ramirez was sent off only seven minutes later.RODRYGO GOAL WHAT A MOVE pic.twitter.com/96U0r4M3Qn— WolfRMFC (@WolfRMFC) January 19, 2025 The home team’s festival of goals could have continued in the 74th minute, but Jude Bellignham’s effort was disallowed due to Antonio Rudiger’s offside. At that point, Carlo Ancelotti’s boys played very playfully, some would say even frivolously, while the Italian gave a chance to David Alaba, who returned after a year-long absence.Stuck in the suburb with you – Barca slipp at Getafe in painful anticlimaxBy the end of the match, Federico Valverde’s beauty was disallowed as well, though it won’t upset Los Blancos much, as they managed to fulfill their goal and return to the leading position in La Liga.LA LIGA – MATCHDAY 20FridayEspanyol – Valladolid 2-1 (1-0)/Puado 31, Fernandez 74 – Sanchez 57/SaturdayGirona – Sevilla 1-2 (1-0)/Martinez 36 – Saul 59, Lukebakio 88/Leganes – Atl. Madrid 1-0 (0-0)/Nastasic 49/Betis – Alaves 1-3 (1-1)/Rodriguez 28 – Garcia 11 pen, 80, 84/Getafe – Barcelona 1-1 (1-1)/Arambarri 34 – Kounde 9/SundayCelta – Ath.Bilbao 1-2 (0-0)/Alvarez 74 – Berenguer 62, Vivian 71/Real Madrid – Las Palmas 4-1 (3-1)/Mbappe 18 pen, 36, Diaz 33, Rodrygo 57 – Silva 1/20.30: (2.25) Osasuna (3.20) Rayo Vallecano (3.70)23.00: (3.10) Valencia (3.05) Sociedad (2.50)Monday23.00: (1.75) Villareal (3.75) Mallorca (5.25)**odds are subject to change**
