Mallorca score stoppage-time winner to inflict significant blow on Real Madrid title hopes

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] had a lot of the ball but were frustrated by their hosts in the opening quarter of an hour.[/p][p]That looked to have changed when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rudiger-antonio/rZHXvTho/"]Antonio Rudiger[/a]’s ball over the top played [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Kylian Mbappée[/a] through, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mallorca/4jDQxrbf/"]Mallorca[/a] got bodies back to block the shot before Mbappé crossed for the arriving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moran-manuel-angel/67fjsJDM/"]Manuel Angel[/a], whose header was easily claimed by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/roman-leonardo/pIgzAKRr/"]Leo Roman[/a].[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="cd9c66f2-1f9a-4c0a-b2a8-0314adf66828" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="d02cbb36-1536-4926-8900-ad39cff97446" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Mbappe continued to threaten – latching onto a sweeping Arda Guler ball and forcing Roman into a smart stop with his foot, then opening up his body to curl an effort around the goalkeeper, who was equal to it again.[/p][p]The half-hour mark ticked by with the deadlock still intact, and soon after Román was called upon to preserve it when a floated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexander-arnold-trent/CEVJy6Bc/"]Trent Alexander-Arnold[/a] cross was turned goalwards by Guler’s cushioned volley.[/p][p][b]All those missed chances came back to haunt Los Blancos in the 42nd minute, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maffeo-pablo/KvHXl88g/"]Pablo Maffeo[/a] was afforded space on the right and crossed for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morlanes-manu/nerrfVfR/"]Morlanes[/a], who waited for the ball to sit up for him before guiding it past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lunin-andriy/0S7ye9jr/"]Andriy Lunin[/a] with the hosts’ first shot on target.[/b][/p][image alt="Mallorca celebrate their opener" id="745b49b4-0078-48bd-973d-8e449f3e1ab8" credit-line="JAIME REINA / AFP / AFP / Profimedia" guid="c382d491-75df-44b7-a911-a13ff75f393a" original-width="1400" original-height="986" /][p]With another Mbappé chance thwarted by Los Piratas’ goalkeeper being the extent of Real’s attacking output in the first 15 minutes after the restart, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arbeloa-alvaro/CO9bjrLo/"]Alvaro Arbeloa[/a] threw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bellingham-jude/QNvlPm7s/"]Jude Bellingham[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vinicius-junior/CbwQ4Mws/"]Vinicius Junior[/a] into the action.[/p][p]Neither made an immediate impact as Mallorca sat deep and attempted to hit the visitors on the break, but Bellingham was involved in a sustained attack which ended limply by means of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tchouameni-aurelien/QkiZum3e/"]Aurelien Tchouameni[/a]’s off-target effort with 12 minutes to play. [/p][p][b]Soon after, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eder-militao/zX2Rm9YG/"]Eder Militao[/a] was wasteful with a header at a set piece, but didn’t make the same mistake in the 88th minute, leaping high to head home Alexander-Arnold’s corner to spare Los Merengues’ blushes. [/b][/p][p][b]Or so he thought, as Martin Demichelis’ side went on the attack as injury time began, and when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-mateo/dSTrwZOM/"]Mateo Joseph[/a] found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muriqi-vedat/CjwNDgqi/"]Muriqi[/a], the big centre-forward fired the winner into the roof of the net.[/b][/p][embed guid="227dd54f-8224-4168-89e3-acff5a16914e" url="https://x.com/LaLiga/status/2040462475628347806" social-type="twitter" /][p]It’s just a second victory in eight and a first triumph this season against a team beginning the round in the top seven for Mallorca.[/p][p]The end of a five-match winning run in all competitions leaves Real at risk of falling as many as seven points behind in the title race this weekend.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/roman-leonardo/pIgzAKRr/"]Leo Román[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mallorca/4jDQxrbf/"]RCD Mallorca[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mallorca-4jDQxrbf/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=0fPtXr1S"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]