Substitute Williot Swedberg scores brace to defeat Actual Madrid, who ended sport with 9 gamers after two crimson playing cards.
Actual Madrid suffered a shock 2-0 loss and completed with 9 males in opposition to Celta Vigo of their La Liga conflict after Williot Swedberg scored an audacious objective together with his heel and a second in stoppage time to depart the hosts 4 factors off leaders Barcelona.
Swedish substitute Swedberg cleverly diverted a cross from Bryan Zaragoza previous Thibaut Courtois within the 53rd minute to place Celta forward, and had a simple end three minutes into added time, going across the goalkeeper to wrap up the factors on Sunday.
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Celta jumped from 14th to tenth, whereas the defeat ended Actual’s 100% dwelling league document this season after six successive wins.
Xabi Alonso’s stuttering Actual workforce have now gained solely one among their final 5 league video games as they await the midweek arrival of Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League.
Alonso selected to relaxation centre-back Antonio Rudiger, beginning with Alvaro Carreras within the coronary heart of defence, however Rudiger’s break didn’t final lengthy, with the German defender approaching halfway by the primary half after Eder Militao pulled up injured.
Celta Vigo goalkeeper Ionut Radu made a handful of fine saves within the first half, retaining out a Jude Bellingham header and Arda Guler’s drive from vary.
Madrid struggled to create severe hazard as Celta arrange in a tough-to-crack low defensive block, denying harmful forwards Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior area.
Guler missed Madrid’s finest probability of the primary half, with the Turkish playmaker sending a shot broad on the swivel after Mbappe teed him up.
Radu additionally thwarted Vinicius Junior after Aurelien Tchouameni chopped a ball in behind the defence for the Brazilian to run onto, a uncommon crack in Celta’s armour.
Celta’s Romanian goalkeeper turned away a fierce Fede Valverde effort from distance early within the second half, earlier than Celta surprised the hosts.
Bryan Zaragoza crossed from the left for Swedberg, who produced a stunning flicked end to beat Thibaut Courtois to ship the Galicians forward.
Madrid had been wounded, actually within the case of Bellingham, with blood operating down his face from a minimize sustained in a tussle with Celta goal man Borja Iglesias.
Including insult to damage, Fran Garcia earned two yellow playing cards inside a minute, the second for a slipshod foul on Swedberg, to depart Los Blancos with 10 males for the ultimate third of the match.
Mbappe despatched a lob over Radu however down onto the roof of the web, and substitute Gonzalo Garcia headed simply broad as Madrid looked for an equaliser, which didn’t come.
Carreras was dismissed in stoppage time as Madrid misplaced their heads, receiving a second yellow for dissent as he protested a call by referee Alejandro Quintero.
With Madrid right down to 9 and in disarray, Celta wrapped up their win as Swedberg rounded Courtois and ran the ball dwelling.
Talking to the media after the sport, Iglesias praised his aspect’s defensive resilience to win a sport with a “unusual” ending.
“They have loads of high quality. It’s tough to play in opposition to them. We defended very nicely,” he mentioned.
“The tip of the sport was fairly unusual. There have been loads of conditions, after which there have been stoppages, after which some fouls. They then obtained a bit determined.
“We’re doing nicely on the highway [as it is Celta Vigo’s fourth away win this season]. It’s tough to clarify.”
Alonso criticised his workforce’s “disappointing” effort and depth, in addition to the choices of the referee.
“We had been higher with 10 males than with 11 tonight. Just because with 10 males, at the very least we began operating and dealing laborious,” Alonso mentioned in feedback to the media after the sport.
“We’ve got to attempt to flip the web page as rapidly as doable. It’s simply three factors – there’s nonetheless loads of the league video games left.”
He added: “The referee’s choices have pushed us loopy. The referee was itching to offer the cardboard to Alvaro Carreras. The refereeing has been very poor.”
