Madrid, April 14 -- Kylian Mbappe was sent off for the first time in his Real Madrid career but
his team-mates held on to defeat Alaves and move back to within four points of La Liga leaders Barcelona.
Mbappe was initially shown a yellow card for catching Antonio Blanco high on the shin with a late challenge, but that was upgraded to red after the video assistant referee (VAR) invited referee
Cesar Soto Grado to watch the incident again on the pitchside monitor.
The incident occurred four minutes after Eduardo Camavinga gave Real Madrid the lead with a curling left-footed strike from just outside the penalty area.
Thibaut Courtois produced six saves to thwart Alaves, who were themselves reduced to 10 men when Manu Sanchez caught Vinici...