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La Liga: Benzema scores twice as Real Madrid beat Espanyol 3-1
Karim Benzema scored two late goals as La Liga champions Real Madrid beat Espanyol in a thrilling finale.
Vinicius Jr gave Real the lead from a clever Aurelien Tchouameni ball.
Benzema volleyed in Rodrygo’s cross to give Real the lead and he added a third from a free-kick against makeshift goalkeeper Leandro Cabrera.
Espanyol’s starting goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte was shown a straight red card in the sixth minute of injury time for a professional foul on Dani Ceballos – after a long video assistant referee review.
The hosts had a goalkeeper on the bench but had used their three substitution windows so had to put captain Cabrera in goal instead.
He was rooted to the spot as Benzema – who also had a goal disallowed for offside – curled the resulting free-kick into the bottom corner. That was his 327th goal for Real and his first from a direct free-kick.
Defending champions Real have won their opening three games of the La Liga season.
Espanyol, without a win this season, will rue their missed chances when the game was 1-1.
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