Madrid, Feb. 2 -- Espanyol left back Carlos Romero scored the only goal of the game six minutes from time as his side stunned Real Madrid 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday night.
Espanyol had withstood a lot of second half pressure from Real Madrid, with goalkeeper, Joan Garcia making a series of important saves to keep his side in the game, before the side who had kicked off third from bottom of the table, caught Madrid flat-footed.
Perhaps the worst news for Real Madrid was a muscle injury that forced Antonio Rudiger out of the game after 13 minutes, robbing his side of the best defender this campaign.
Atletico Madrid took advantage of its neighbor's defeat to move to a point off the lead with a 2-0 win at home to Mallorca a week ahead of the...