Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Real Madrid: Isco saves Los Blancos from defeat
Barcelona are now sole La Liga leaders and Madrid are two points behind them
Isco saved Real Madrid from defeat with a second half header at the San Mames, but the draw with Athletic Bilbao leaves Barcelona as the only side with an 100 percent record in La Liga so far.
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Athletic de Bilbao
Unai Simón; De Marcos, Yeray, Iñigo Martínez. Yuri; Beñat (Mikel Rico, 81'), Dani García; Susaeta, Raúl García, Muniain (Capa, 54'); y Williams (San José, 75').
Real Madrid
Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Ceballos (Casemiro, 46'), Kroos, Modric (Isco, 60'); Bale (Lucas Vázquez, 75'), Benzema y Marco Asensio.
Goles
1-0 M.32 Muniain. 1-1 M.63 Isco.
Árbitro
González González (Castellano-Leonés). TA: Yeray (45'), Dani García (60'), Capa (67'), Yuri (72'), Beñat (78'), Lucas Vázquez (87'), Unai Simón (92').
Estadio
San Mamés. 46.413 espectadores.
Iker Muniain sent the Basques ahead in the first half, stabbing home from close range after a scramble in the box, against a Madrid that created just a couple of chances, one wasted by Luka Modric, another from which Marco Asensio forced a good save.
Sergio Ramos missed from close range after Athletico goalkeeper Unai Simon parried Gareth Bale’s free-kick, when the defender really should have scored.
However Julen Lopetegui threw on Isco in the 61st minute, giving the Andalusian playmaker a free role behind the front three, and in the 64th he headed in the equaliser.
Toni Kroos’s fine ball played in Gareth Bale, who crossed for Isco to head home.
A tense game played out without too much further incident, bar a spate of bookings, leaving Barcelona as sole leaders of La Liga.
