Vedat Muriqi took Mallorca to a surprise 2-1 victory in La Liga over Real Madrid on Saturday and dealt Los Blancos a major blow in the Spanish title race.
Alvaro Arbeloa’s side thought they had rescued a point after Eder Militao nodded home with two minutes to go before Muriqi struck in stoppage time to help the hosts climb to 17th.
The defeat leaves number two Real Madrid four points behind leader Barcelona, which visits Atletico Madrid later on Saturday.
Arbeloa started the game with Vinicius Junior on the bench, ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.
Madrid lacked spark in the first half, creating few significant openings. The best was for top scorer Kylian Mbappe, fit after a knee injury that has bothered him for months.
Arda Guler rolled a ball behind Mallorca’s defense for the French superstar to shoot at, but Leo Roman saved with his leg.
The goalkeeper denied Mbappé again after Eduardo Camavinga fed him and Antonio Rudiger also nodded from a corner.
Manu Morlanes threatened for Mallorca and headed just over, but Madrid ignored the warning.
The midfielder opened the scoring a few minutes later, losing Camavinga and entering the penalty area to fire Pablo Maffeo’s cross into the bottom corner past Andriy Lunin.
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Leo Roman saved from Mbappe early in the second half as Madrid looked for an equalizer.
Arbeloa sent on Vinicius, Jude Bellingham and Militao for his first appearance since December after injury.
Madrid huffed and puffed, but to no avail as Martin Demichelis’ Mallorca stayed solid at the back until the closing stages.
It was eventually canceled out by Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner, which was deflected towards Militao, who headed a header into the top corner.
However, there was a sting in the tail for Madrid.
Muriqi, second top scorer in the division behind Mbappe, powered past Lunin in the 91st minute to claim three points for his side with his 18th league goal of the campaign.
Mallorca climbed two points above the drop zone after recording a famous victory, which the players happily celebrated with the fans at the end.
Published on April 4, 2026
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