{"id":7612,"date":"2025-09-21T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/?p=7612"},"modified":"2025-09-21T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:18:00","slug":"real-madrid-maintain-perfect-la-liga-record-with-win-over-espanyol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/?p=7612&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid Maintain Perfect La Liga Record with Win Over Espanyol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kheldiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r1548407_1296x729_16-9.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kheldiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r1548407_1296x729_16-9.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kheldiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r1548407_1296x729_16-9.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kheldiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r1548407_1296x729_16-9.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kheldiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r1548407_1296x729_16-9.jpg?w=1296&amp;ssl=1 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathmandu,September 21, 2025)<br>Madrid, September 21 (Sunday Night) \u2013 Real Madrid continued their flawless start to the La Liga season, defeating Espanyol 2\u20130 at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u to register their fifth consecutive victory. Goals from \u00c9der Milit\u00e3o and star forward Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 ensured Madrid remained firmly on top of the league standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kheldiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/STEEL-2080_700x80-1-38.gif?resize=700%2C80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7614\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The hosts struck early when defender Milit\u00e3o opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, heading home from a precise pass by Federico Valverde. Madrid kept up the pressure and doubled their lead soon after halftime, with Mbapp\u00e9 converting a well-timed assist from Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior in the 47th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Espanyol, who had enjoyed a strong start to the season, struggled to break down Madrid\u2019s resilient defense despite moments of promise. The visitors remain in fourth place with 10 points from five matches, while Madrid sit comfortably at the top with a perfect 15 points from five outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another La Liga fixture, Villarreal secured a 2\u20131 win over Osasuna, climbing up to third place in the standings with 10 points from 5 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With their winning momentum intact, Real Madrid look determined to strengthen their early grip on the league and underline their title ambitions this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kheldiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1328256665-26.webp?resize=390%2C109&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7615\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu,September 21, 2025)Madrid, September 21 (Sunday Night) \u2013 Real Madrid continued their flawless start to the La Liga season, defeating Espanyol 2\u20130 at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u to register their fifth&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breakingnews","category-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kheldiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/r1548407_1296x729_16-9.jpg?fit=1296%2C729&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7616,"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612\/revisions\/7616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kheldiary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}