Pressure continues to pile on Real Madrid boss Julen Lopetegui as his side feel to another defeat at home in their La Liga clash with Levante.
Lopetegui’s side got off to the worst possible start, with goals from Jose Morales and Roger Marti gave the visitors a shock 2-0 lead after just 13 minutes.
Both teams had goals disallowed by Video Assistant Referee, in addition to Sergio Ramos hitting the crossbar.
Having failed to score in each of their last four matches in all competitions, Real Madrid now find themselves on the worst goal-scoring drought in their history – a run of 481 minutes without a goal.
Left on the bench for the start of the match, Lopetegui turned to Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema in the second half.
Real finally scored with 72 minutes gone with Benzema providing the assist for Marcelo who lashed home an unstoppable drive to mark his return to the side having missed the previous two games through injury.
Despite ending their drought, goals are still in short supply for Los Blancos. Benzema was later denied by the post as Real went in search of an equaliser, while Mariano also had a goal chalked off by VAR.
Next up for Real Madrid is a Champions League clash with Plzen, before facing arch rivals Barcelona in next Sunday’s Clasico.
