🚨 EMPHATIC FINISH! 🚨 Real Madrid vs. Rayo Vallecano | LaLiga Highlights | ESPN FC

Yeah, very strong side. I mean, obviously, in the recent form, Real Madrid want to put that right. You're at home against a side that you should win as everybody's together with the... You know, let's get racism out of the game. And Banners, good show of community for the two Madrid sides. And obviously, the two managers have a lot of respect for each other. Carlo Ancelotti and Ira Ola with the handshake. And I agree, Casey, Carlo Ancelotti has been exemplary over the last few days. Really showing his leadership qualities. Peace tonight in terms of what happens on the pitch. Real Madrid players with something choreographed here. You know, without that out-and-out speed, yes, Rodrigo can run a bit. But still, it'll be interesting to see at home how... Let's just say how patient the Real Madrid fans are. There's a shot from distance, not that far. Sir Oscar Valentin, who hasn't scored. And they show. French central defender quickly taken by Benzema. Krievski, grateful. Yeah, I think once... Yeah, I think once that Real Madrid get possession in the Rio half... Rivero, they've lost four consecutive games away from home in all competitions. And there's a shot now. It's something that Courtois just has to... Having to be back out. Rivero, they've lost four consecutive games away from home in all competitions. And there's a shot now. It's something that Courtois just has to... It's actually the foul on Benzema. Let's take your pick. That was the... Another decent effort from distance, Casey. Yeah. Trailing Armanacho, I think I just came across and... Caught Palazón, who... Isn't the... The biggest man to be in that little bit of a melee. Yeah, I think what Rio were complaining about is that it's a... It's an uncontested drop ball. Which in most cases, when you do have an uncontested drop ball, you then just... Play the ball backwards, keep possession and everybody starts. And I think the argument for Rio is that... Real took that uncontested drop ball and went straight a goal, which... The problem is, Adrian... It's not necessarily a violation. It's not exactly ethical from Real Madrid to do what they did. And I think that's the frustration from... From Rio. Yeah, it was an odd one, wasn't it? Because as you say... Drop ball, it was clearly... Agreed that Real Madrid were going to maintain possession from the drop ball, but... It's almost as if Rio Vallecano was surprised by that, wasn't ready for what Real Madrid then did. I just wonder, Casey, it's... Is it Real Madrid's fault or was Rio Vallecano just... Expecting something else and caught out by... As Palazon tries to catch out Courtois. An expectation in those circumstances of what's going to happen. Now... Into stoppage time. Tail end of the first half here, Kroos... Trying to measure that for Benzema! Who got free! But a fine save, Rodrigo! Finding Benzema again. Delay the Frenchman. Wouldn't have mattered. Offside, but still. I mean, it's a touch, he comes... Were that competitive, but also that first season that I was in Spain, you had... Three of the four semifinalists in the Champions League were... Spanish sides, and none of those... Three teams won the title that year. So it just showed you how competitive La Liga was. He's punished for being a little bit too competitive here against... Camavinga. Rodrigo. Nicely cycled through... To Modric, who'd... Gone outside, and the outside of the boots! Delivering the cross! And Dani Garbajal... Off to control. Yeah, but what a beautiful little cross. Of all knows. He's... He's got the ability. He works that hard to get in that position, and... Wanted to reward... Fran Garcia forcing him to check back, and in the end... Payagana have the numbers. To quell the attack. That's one way of quelling things. I'll pull you back, then you pull me back, but the whistle had already gone. And I think he gets spun here, and he just doesn't want to... Allow Unai Lopez to get out on the counter-attack, and then... Unai Lopez just says, well, if the whistle doesn't come, I'm gonna make sure that you don't get out on the counter-attack. Well, I say it hasn't happened for him, because he's that little harsh. I mean, he's... First year at Real Madrid at the age of 23. And in the position he's playing... Yeah, I mean, he has time. Yeah. And a shot is on, and the equalizer is there! And Rayo Vallecano have been threatening it, really. From kick-off tonight. It's taken them 83 minutes, but they've delivered here at the Bernabeu. And just like that, Raul de Tomas, who's... Come to life as a goal-scorer for them. Has his third in as many weeks. And it's 1-1. Yeah, I just felt that Real Madrid were... Thinking that this was just... A walk in the park. That they had got their goal, they're cruising through it, nothing really matters, and... You know, that's just not the way Rayo... It's not the way they carry themselves. There's always an attitude, there's always a thought that we're gonna wait for you, and... Again, we talked about the shots from distance, well... Here they were able to get... Possession in a much... More advanced area inside the 18. Before the Premier League days, when it was still the All-First Division, his... The goal again, it was well-taken, wasn't it? Yeah, it was, he just... Couture, you could tell, was just trying to look around... I think it was Chouminho who was back in that spot, and just trying to see where the shot was coming... As he leans to his left... Raul de Tomas just pulls it back... Around the player and into that near post space... Here's Rodrigo, trying to place it! And he has placed it! To perfection! He replaced Vinny Junior... On the left-hand side for Real Madrid... He may just have had the final say in this one at the Bernabeu... As Vinny looks on... Yeah, part of the problems for Rayo when they made the substitutions to try to find an equalizer... It definitely unbalanced them on the defensive side, but you... Oscar Trejo gives the ball away where... In a spot where you just can't... But still, they had numbers back... But you talked about that quick one-two touch passing, but then... That... The run to the far post... To Rodrigo's left...