Full-time: Real Madrid 3-0 Leganes
That’s yer lot. Not exactly vintage Real but they were comfortable in the end. Bale’s pair late in the first half settled them after a poor, tepid start and Morata added the third in the final 15 minutes. Thanks for reading.
Now let’s all watch Arsenal v Tottenham It’s 1-0 there.
90 min +1: Ronaldo hammers a free-kick in to Row Z. He has not been great today. Less tweeting, more focus on the pitch!
90 min: There will be two minutes added on.
87 min: Rodriguez tries his luck. He gets it over the wall but it curls wide to Serantes’s right.
86 min: Ramos cannot continue, so Leganes are down to 10 men. Back on the pitch, Diaz hacks down Vazquez and is yellow carded. Rodriguez, Bale and Ronaldo are all eyeing up the free-kick.
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83 min: Marcelo goes in late and hard on the achilles of Ramos, who then gets his ankle caught in the ground. That is nasty from the Real left back, who should really be booked.
82 min: And Leganes’s final swap is Diaz replacing the captain Mantovani.
81 min: Morata’s day is done. Vasquez comes in for the final nine minutes.
80 min: Bale is still hungry for his third. He shoots from just outside the box but it’s blocked by Rico after a lovely pass from Rodriguez.
79 min: Leganes, it should be said, have acquitted themselves well here. They are a limited team, but have worked hard and could have had a goal if it were not for Navas.
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GOAL! Real Madrid 3-0 Leganes (Morata)
76 min: That will be it. Morata, who has had lumps kicked out of him, is set away by Modric. He takes a touch before curling the ball around Serantes. That’s his eighth of the season.
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75 min: Leganes are going for it. Bustinza rampages forward and produces a wonderful turn before trying to pass from an inside right position. Real get rid.
72 min: Leganes have a huge chance to pull one back. Szymanowski is played through by Ramos with only Carvajal back for Real. He fends off the defender but is denied by an excellent save from Navas. The corner is cleared.
68 min: Real’s second change sees Rodriguez replace Isco. And Leganes’ second swap is Neves coming on for Perez.
66 min: It comes off the wall.
65 min: Another foul on Morata. Bustinza is the culprit this time. It should be a yellow card, but only the foul is given. Ronaldo will eye this one up from about 25 yards, left of the goal.
62 min: Modric makes his return at the Bernabeu, coming on for Kovacic.
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61 min: Mantovani is booked for dragging down Morata – again.
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61 min: Leganes have their first attempt on target. And it’s not very good. Lopes rolls the ball at Navas from 20 yards.
59 min: Bustinza gets a firm talking to after he drags down Morata during a Real counterattack.
57 min: Leganes are giving away a lot of cheap fouls now and are unable to get out of their own half. Conceding just before the break has really deflated them.
55 min: Leganes make their first change. Ramos comes in for Machis.
54 min: It took Real 38 minutes to have a shot on target but in the first seven minutes of the second period they have already had three. A third only seems like a matter of time.
52 min: Bale eyes up a free-kick from 35 yards. It is heading for the top right corner but takes a slight deflection and goes wide. The corner is given short to Marcelo and Leganes clear. Real have been excellent since the break.
48 min: Bale is denied his hat-trick after breaking clear, Serantes denying him with a good save. And then a few seconds later, Ronaldo finds Bale from the left. This time his header is goalbound but the Leganes keeper reacts quickly to save.
48 min: Kroos threads a lovely pass to Bale who then tries to find Ronaldo from the right. Insua gets there first to head away.
Restarted!
46 min: Real get us going again.
Half-time: Real Madrid 2-0 Leganes
And that’s the break. Real have been poor but Bale’s brace late in the half means they are comfortable without moving up the gears. Leganes were doing so well but the hosts have converted their only shots on target.
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GOAL! Real Madrid 2-0 Leganes (Bale)
45 min +1: Bale taps in from close range after a Kroos free-kick is knocked down by Varane. Then Morata plays it across goal and Bale finishes it off. Simple.
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44 min: A chance for Leganes as Szymanowski has a shot deflected over for a corner. Real are unhappy because the visitors continued to play while Bale went down injured following an aerial challenge. The corner, meanwhile, is cleared.
42 min: Insua cynically rugby tackles Morata from behind as the striker broke from midfield. And he’s booked too.
40 min: Kroos and Nacho are both booked after the former clips Machis out wide and the latter complains that it wasn’t a foul. It was maybe a free kick but the card looks harsh.
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Leganes (Bale)
38 min: He has been quiet up until now but the Wales star puts Real in front with the game’s first shot on target. Isco plays a sublime diagonal ball from the left that catches Leganes on the hop for the first time and Bale nips in, rounds Serantes, who did get a hand to the ball, and tucks into the open goal from a tightish angle.
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37 min: Ronaldo misses the target from just outside the area, scuffing a right-footed drive to the right of Serantes’ goal.
33 min: Morata wins a free-kick just inside his own half and when play restarts he then commits a foul of his own.
30 min: Will there be a shot on target before half-time? Real have just won their first corner, so maybe. Kroos jogs over to take but it’s cleared at the near post.
28 min: This has been pony.
26 min: Gabirel almost finds Szymanowski with a neat flick in the box but the ball ends up going out of play. That’s a worry for Real, who do not look good in defence.
25 min: Kroos feeds Isco. He has time and space but shoots well over.
22 min: Ronaldo’s first chance is blown over, which is fair on Leganes because he was a yard offside. Varane found him with a long ball that evaded Insua and bounced into the social media star’s path. He chose power over accuracy and missed the target by some way. We are still waiting for a first shot on target.
22 min: Bustinza fouls Ronaldo just inside Leganes’s half. It’s taken quickly and the ball is worked out to the right. There, Bale picks up possession and sends a good cross towards Morata near the back stick. He tries to score from a tight angle when he may have been better off trying to head across goal. It goes onto the roof of the net.
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20 min: Another awful pass from Perez, who overhits it for a goal-kick.
18 min: Marcelo shanks an attempted pass into the stands. More boos from the home fans, but for a different reason. This has been pretty poor from Real.
17 min: Boo! Hiss! Jeer! Ronaldo is booked for dissent after having a good old moan at the referee following a tackle from Perez.
16 min: Szymanowski goes down in the box after no contact. Play, correctly, continues.
14 min: Maybe it was too early for Real to have their porridge this morning … Ronaldo plays what should be a simple lateral pass behind Isco and throws his arms up in frustration.
13 min: Varane opts for a long ball down the right to find an advancing Carvajal but there is too much on the pass and it trickles out for a goal-kick.
11 min: Leganes will be happy with this. They are sitting deep and keeping it tight, meaning Real’s front three have barely had a touch.
9 min: Kroos’s delivery is met by Mantovani’s head. Rico follows up the hoof clear.
8 min: Machis is booked for tripping Marcelo from behind as the Real left back tries to attack.
7 min: You can tell these players are not used to playing at such an early time of day. It has been a ragged start with no clear opportunity in front of goal and far too many poor passes.
4 min: Carvajal, who was born in Leganes, has not started very well against his hometown club – he has given away possession cheaply twice from right back.
3 min: Real enjoy a spell of possession at the back but Leganes break the play up and Insua hopelessly shoots wide from silly range.
2 min: Not a bad start from the visitors, who attack down the left through Szymanowski before he runs out of room and gives Real a goal-kick. He will be key if Leganes are to get an unlikely result here.
Kick-off!
1 min: Leganes get us underway, playing from right to left as we watch.
Here come the teams! It’s sunny on the northern side of Madrid. Real will wear white, Leganes have got green on.
The teams
Real Madrid: Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo; Isco, Kroos, Kovacic; Ronaldo, Morata, Bale.
Subs: Casilla, Coentrao, Vazquez, Modric, Asensio, Danilo, Rodriguez.
Leganes: Serantes, Bustinza, Insua, Mantovani, Rico; Gabriel, Martin, Perez, Szymanowski; Lopes, Machis.
Subs: Brignoli, Guerrero, Diaz, Luciano, Sastra, Ramos, Tivor.
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Hello. The big game in Spain this weekend is Barcelona’s trip to Sevilla this evening but Luis Enrique’s team could be five points behind Real Madrid if they – and it would be some shock if the do not – beat struggling Leganés in this early kick-off.
The state of play midway through Round 11: Real are top, unbeaten and on 24 points; Barça are second having suffered two defeats, with 22 points; Atlético are a further point behind having lost 2-0 at Sociedad last night, while Sevilla are behind them on goal difference.
For now, though, our attention is solely on events in Madrid. Kick-off is 12pm local time (11am GMT). Confirmed team news will be along in a few moments.
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