Real Madrid warmed up for Wednesday’s Champions League game against Juventus with a 2-0 win over Málaga in La Liga, Cristiano Ronaldo’s stoppage-time penalty making sure of the victory.
Gareth Bale, who has been out for several weeks with a thigh strain, came on for Alvaro Morata with 15 minutes left and won the late penalty, suggesting he could play a part against the Italian champions.
But Real’s was hardly the sparkling performance the coach, Carlo Ancelotti, wanted to dispel doubts created by a stuttering start to their domestic campaign but it was enough to trim the gap with leaders Barcelona and Atlético Madrid to two points.
Ronaldo was comfortably Real’s most dangerous player at the Bernabéu and the Portuguese forward curled a shot against the crossbar in the eighth minute against a defensive Málaga.
The visitors did well to keep Real at bay until half-time but fell behind in the first minute of the second half when Angel Di María whipped the ball over from the right and it evaded the dive of the Málaga goalkeeper, Willy Caballero, before nestling in the net.
Caballero was in inspired form and pulled off a brilliant stop to deny Ronaldo eight minutes from time and made another stunning save to palm away a low shot from substitute Jesé two minutes later.
Bale won a penalty when the referee ruled he was fouled by Weligton in the area and Ronaldo dispatched the spot-kick low to Caballero’s right for his eighth league goal of the season.
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