サッカー-Real see off gritty Espanyol, Atletico 沈む Getafe
By Rik Sharma
MADRID, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Marco Asensio's strike earned Real Madrid a 1-0 勝利，勝つ over Espanyol to send them 最高の，を越す of La Liga and Thomas Lemar 得点する／非難する／２０d his first goal for Atletico Madrid in a 2-0 victory at Getafe on Saturday.
Julen Lopetegui's Real were 実験（する）d by Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu, with Borja Iglesias hitting the crossbar, but held on for the victory.
After an emphatic 支持する／優勝者s League 勝利，勝つ over AS Roma on Wednesday, Lopetegui shuffled his pack for the visit of Espanyol, sixth in the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する after a good start to the season.
The coach 残り／休憩（する）d Gareth Bale, Marcelo and Toni Kroos, 手渡すing a debut to defender Alvaro Odriozola in place of the 負傷させるd Dani Carvajal.
Real 支配するd 所有／入手 but Espanyol were a 執拗な 脅し on the break.
"(The clean sheet) was really important for us, we don't want to let in goals," Real defender Raphael Varane said. "Espanyol played very 井戸／弁護士席 but we played as a team and did not 譲歩する."
The hosts took the lead four minutes before the break, when Luka Modric's pass took a ３倍になる deflection but 設立する its way to Asensio, who steered home his first goal in La Liga this season.
The 今後 had to wait for VAR to 証明する he was onside before he could celebrate.
Espanyol 今後 Iglesias robbed Real captain Sergio Ramos after the break and chipped Courtois, but his 成果／努力 bounced 支援する off the crossbar.
"We're furious (about losing), we had chances to 得点する／非難する／２０," Iglesias said. "I saw (Courtois) off his line and 発射 but it 攻撃する，衝突する the crossbar. Maybe next time it will go in."
Real held on にもかかわらず late Espanyol 圧力 to take 最高の，を越す 位置／汚点／見つけ出す before second-placed Barcelona host Girona on Sunday in a Catalan derby.
STUTTERING （米ソ間の）戦略兵器削減交渉
Atletico's comfortable victory at Getafe 緩和するd 神経s after a stuttering start to the season during which they gathered five points from their first four games.
French winger Lemar struck the crossbar wi th a powerful long-範囲 成果／努力 and the ball bounced 支援する, hitting Soria and crossing the line, to send Atletico ahead after 14 minutes.
The 訪問者s struggled to create 開始s at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez but Lemar put the finishing touch to a quick 反対する-attack after an hour to 逮捕する his first goal since his の近くに season move from Monaco.
Getafe winger Ivan Alejo was sent off for an 明らかな stamp just four minutes after coming on as a 代用品，人, leaving Atletico to 巡航する to victory and climb to fifth in the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する.
"I wasn't nervous at all when they started to criticise us two weeks ago, as if everything was lost and we were dead, and now we are the best in the world," said Atletico defender Juanfran.
"Our people, our fans have to know that this Atletico Madrid team will always show up, whether or not results go our way, and they are, bit by bit."
Rayo Vallecano were thrashed 5-1 by third-placed Alaves at Vallecas after Abdoulaye Ba was sent off in the first half.
Ba became the first player in Spanish football to be 解任するd after VAR flagged an off-the-ball 出来事/事件, with the 公式の／役人s deciding he 肘d Jonathan Calleri.
Villarreal earned a 3-3 draw at Real Sociedad thanks to Leo Suarez's equaliser in the final minute of 停止 time while Eibar 辛勝する／優位d Leganes 1-0. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Rik Sharma, editing by Ed Osmond)
