Las Palmas 1-2 Real Madrid: Vinicius sparks Blancos fightback for win on the road

Aurelien Tchouameni scored six minutes from time to give Real Madrid a hard-fought 2-1 win at Las Palmas to send them top of the Liga table.

The first half had more fouls than chances with Rodrygo's early booking for a coming together with goalkeeper Alvaro Velles setting the tone for a feisty affair.

Vinicius Jr had Los Blancos' best chances, forcing Velles into a good save with an attempted lob and the Brazilian also came close with a low drive from distance.

Las Palmas created some decent opportunities of their own and Sergi Cardona missed the target with a first-time strike in the box.

The Yellows exploded out of the blocks in the second half and came close when Alberto Moleiro's shot was well saved by Andriy Lunin at his near post.

But a few minutes later another counter attack saw Sandro Ramirez set up Javier Munoz to score from close range.

Carlo Ancelotti, who brought on Federico Valverde and Joselu, saw his side equalise 12 minutes later when Vinicius ran onto Eduardo Camavinga's through ball to rifle the ball in from close range.

Ancelotti then brought on Guler and Tchouameni and the latter paid off when the French midfielder headed in Toni Kroos's corner to seal victory and go two points clear at the top of La Liga from Girona, who play on Sunday.

Real had five shots on target to four from Las Palmas, who dominated large parts with their counter-attacking football and had a strong penalty appeal turned down in the first half.

There was not a lot created by either side but Real were clinical when it mattered.

The Brazilian was a constant threat with his pace and trickery and did not let earlier misses affect him. He kept making those ghosting runs into the box and it eventually paid off with the equaliser.

LAS PALMAS: Valles 8, Suarez 7, Park 7, Cardona 7, Marmol 7, Moleiro 6, Perrone 6, Rodriguez 7, Munoz 8, El Haddadi 6, Ramirez 9. Subs: Loiodice, Herzog n /a, Cardona n/a, Pejino n/a.

REAL MADRID: Lunin 8, Garcia 7, Ruediger 6, Fernandez 6, Carvajal 7, Diaz 5, Kroos 7, Camavinga 7, Ceballos 6, Vinicius Junior 9, Rodrygo 6. Subs: Valverde 5, Joselu 6, Guler n/a, Tchouaméni n/a, Mendy n/a.

41' - CLOSE! Garcia finds Vinicius whose low shot from outside the area is narrowly wide.

47' - CHANCE! Sandro just fails to get on the end of a low cross, he plays it back to Moleiro who lashes a shot which is saved at the near post.

53' - GOAL FOR LAS PALMAS! Another break, Sandro's low cross is converted by Javi Munoz via a slight deflection.

65' - GOAL FOR MADRID! Kroos to Camavinga who dinks it into the box for Vinicius who beats the offsdie trap to fire the ball in.

84' - GOAL FOR MADRID! From a corner, Kroos's delivery is headed in by Tchouameni!

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