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FT: Real Madrid 3-2 Atletico - Vinicius scores second of game to restore lead Molina cancels out Valverde strike Lookman scored visitors' opener but Vinicius Junior levels from spot Alvaro Arbeloa's side now four points behind La Liga leaders Barca Atletico won reverse fixture 5-2 in September Marissa Thomas Real Madrid 0-1 Atletico Madrid Matteo Ruggeri is the second Atletico Madrid player to be shown a yellow card. Real Madrid 0-1 Atletico Madrid Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter Lookman has looked dangerous down that left-hand side and now he's just scored his first goal at the Bernabeu for Atleti. You'd never believe he only joined Atletico Madrid in February. That's his fifth goal since he made his debut. Ademola Lookman Real Madrid are punished immediately! Ademola Lookman is in acres of space, he waits for his team-mates and Giuliano Simeone plays a brilliant backheel into his path before Lookman smashes home from close range. A well worked goal gives Atletico Madrid the lead. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Federico Valverde puts a brilliant cross into the box but not a single Real Madrid team-mate is near enough to get on the end of it. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter Real Madrid's keeper Lunin is keeping warm in his box. He's had a relatively quiet 30 minutes. This is the first La Liga match the Ukrainian has played in for 302

days. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Federico Valverde strikes a low shot towards goal but Juan Musso gets down to it and makes the save. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter First free-kick of the game for Real Madrid. The ref is not happy with the distance of the Atleti players. .. out comes the white spray. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Johnny Cardoso is shown a yellow card for a foul on Vinicius Jr. The hosts have a free-kick on the edge of the box. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter The pace has dropped sightly after the first 20 minutes. Real Madrid are pressing Atleti high and winning the ball. Atleti are trying to catch Real on the break. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Vinicius Jr fires a shot over the bar after some good pressing from Real Madrid. Atletico were almost punished for trying to be too clever at the back. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Aurelien Tchouameni's shot is blocked by Koke and goes behind for a corner. Giuliano Simeone clears Vinicius Jr's effort off the line. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid This doesn't really have the feel of a derby just yet. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Just like that, Marcos Llorente comes sprinting back on to the pitch. Seemingly he is fine to continue. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Marcos Llorente has gone sprinting off the pitch. He did bang his head quite hard when Dani Carvajal challenged him in the box. For now, Atletico Madrid are playing with 10 men. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Atletico Madrid play the ball around the Real Madrid box but they don't create a proper chance before it goes out of play. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Arda Guler fires a volley wide of the target. He should have done better there. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter What an unbelievable few weeks the Uruguayan has had. Four goals in three games including a hat-trick against Man City in the first leg of the Champions League last 16. He is oozing with confidence. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Now Atletico have another chance! Marcos Llorente takes a shot from close range and is cleaned out by Dani Carvajal afterwards. Somehow play resumes without a foul being given. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Federico Valverde shows a brilliant turn of pace and is bearing down on Atletico Madrid's goal. He leaves David Hancko in his wake and aims a shot towards the bottom corner but it crashes off the post and rolls away. So close. Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid Ademola Lookman drives into the box and tries to get past Antonio Rudiger but he just bounces off him. No chance of a penalty being given there. Prior to this fixture Vinicius Jr had never scored against Atletico Madrid in La Liga Vinicius Jr scored twice as Real Madrid won a thrilling derby against city rivals Atletico to restore the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to four points. Real, who trailed 1-0 at the break, fought back in the second half to turn the contest around but were forced to hang on in the closing stages after Federico Valverde was shown a straight red card for a foul on Alex Baena - a player he has history with. Ademola Lookman had opened the scoring for Atletico against the run of play with a close-range finish after a wonderful backheel from Giuliano Simeone, son of manager Diego. Vinicius levelled from the penalty spot after Brahim Diaz was upended by David Hancko and the hosts went in front when Valverde latched on to a defensive mistake and placed the ball past visiting goalkeeper Juan Musso. At that stage Alvaro Arbeloa's side looked like they were going from strength to strength. However, Nahuel Molina's stunning 25-yard strike, that arrowed into the top corner, briefly silenced the Bernabeu as Atletico restored parity. But Vinicius curled in the winner six minutes later after collecting substitute Trent Alexander-Arnold's pass - his 10th goal in his past 11 matches. Alexander-Arnold, who was omitted from the England squad named this week, impressed after replacing Real captain Dani Carvajal in the 64th minute. Jude Bellingham, who is part of Thomas Tuchel's plans for the friendlies against Japan and Uruguay, also made his return after the break having missed 10 matches with a hamstring injury. While Real were also able to send Kylian Mbappe on from a star-studded substitutes' bench, the dismissal of Valverde changed the complexion of the contest late on. Argentina forward Julian Alvarez was unfortunate to see his effort cannon against the post as Atletico pushed for a second equaliser. And Real were able to hold on to record their first victory against their neighbours in the Spanish top flight since September 2022. Barcelona had moved seven points clear of Real Madrid with a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano earlier on Sunday. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 22nd March 2026 at 21: 56 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Álvaro Arbeloa Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Diego Simeone Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Álvaro Arbeloa Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Diego Simeone Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Spanish La Liga All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.