Mallorca 0-1 Real Madrid: Aurelien Tchouameni goal maintains La Liga title push

Actual Madrid warmed up for a pivotal week of their season with a hard-fought win over Mallorca in La Liga because of Aurelien Tchouameni’s long-range objective.

Tchouameni’s highly effective effort simply after half-time took a slight deflection earlier than it flew excessive into the online.

Actual are 11 factors above second-placed Barca who face Cadiz at 20:00 BST.

With one eye on their journey to the Etihad, Actual boss Carlo Ancelotti took the chance to relaxation and rotate gamers.

Dani Carvajal, Eduardo Camavinga, Toni Kroos and Vinicius Junior – who all began in Actual’s 3-3 draw in opposition to Man Metropolis on the Bernanbeu – have been all named among the many substitutes.

The end result was a barely scrappy efficiency as Mallorca, crushed by Athletic Bilbao within the closing of the Copa del Rey final weekend, made life troublesome for Los Blancos.

The competition was settled by Tchouameni’s shot from 35 yards which skimmed off the leg of Manu Morlanes and gave Mallorca goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic no probability.

England midfielder Jude Bellingham performed 64 minutes for Actual earlier than he was withdrawn and, regardless of a number of late nerves, the La Liga leaders held on.