Real Madrid’s title hopes suffer further blow with shock home defeat to Levante

Actual Madrid suffered an enormous dent to their LaLiga title ambitions following a shock 2-1 defeat by Levante.

The house facet have been diminished to 10 males after simply 9 minutes when defender Eder Militao was proven a straight pink card.

Marco Asensio put Actual 1-0 up simply moments later, however Jose Luis Morales levelled for Levante earlier than the interval, with Roger Marti netting the winner 12 minutes from time.

Actual stay seven factors behind metropolis rivals Atletico Madrid who journey to Cadiz on Sunday with two video games in hand.

With supervisor Zinedine Zidane sidelined after contracting coronavirus, David Bettoni took cost of a Actual facet bidding to win back-to-back victories.

However they confronted an uphill activity when Militao was given his marching orders after he introduced down Sergio Leon.

A pleasant go from Toni Kroos despatched Asensio away and his cool end put the hosts into the lead 4 minutes after Militao’s dismissal.

However the guests have been undeterred by Actual’s opener and, following a lot of probabilities at each ends, Morales netted previous Thibaut Courtois with 32 minutes performed.

Marti then had the chance to place Levante into the lead however his penalty kick was saved by Courtois shortly after the hour mark.

Nevertheless, Marti made amends when he transformed Enis Bardhi’s go with 78 minutes performed to offer Levante all three factors.