Real Madrid secured a narrow 2–1 home victory over relegation-threatened Alavés (Deportivo Alavés, a club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in northern Spain) in La Liga, with goals from Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior proving enough to seal the win. The performance was laboured and unconvincing, with Toni Martínez pulling one back for Alavés deep in stoppage time, prompting jeers from a sparse and discontented Bernabéu crowd. The result moves Real Madrid through one of seven remaining fixtures this season, but widespread fan dissatisfaction with the team's form suggests the club's troubles run deeper than the scoreline implies.