Kylian Mbappe continued his scoring streak, scoring his 17th goal in La Liga this season, but Real Madrid needed the almost forgotten Rodrigo to work in Vitoria.
The Brazilian scored against Manchester City in midweek, and now he has brought three points against Alaves in a match that was probably crucial for the future of Xabi Alonso.
The "Blancos" thus remained at minus four points behind leaders Barcelona.
Mbappe gave the favorites the lead in the 24th minute with a brilliant goal from the break., immediately afterwards a goal by Jude Bellingham was disallowed for handball.
Real could have gone up to 0:2, and then about twenty minutes before the end Alaves announced problems for the guests when Carlos Vicente checked Thibaut Courtois for 1:1...
But, Real created too many chances to waste them, out of the four they had from the moment of the equalizer until the end of the game, they used one - it was enough for the triumph.
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