Resilient Real's rampant rally routs rivals Mallorca

Real Madrid claimed a third straight La Liga victory with a 2-1 triumph over Real Mallorca on Saturday to continue their perfect start to the campaign.

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Arda Guler and Vinicius Junior scored in quick succession for Los Blancos after Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi had opened the scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Xabi Alonso's Madrid also had three more goals ruled out as they continued to improve following the coach's arrival at the start of the summer.

After competing in the Club World Cup and not having much of a preseason, winning all their games before the first international break is an impressive feat for Alonso.

"With good team spirit we managed to turn the game around," Alonso told Real Madrid TV.

"I'm very happy with this start... We wanted this, we knew we were lacking minutes (under our belt) and some matches."

Alonso brought Vinicius Junior and Trent Alexander-Arnold back into the starting lineup after both began last weekend's win at Real Oviedo on the bench.

Kylian Mbappe, who has started the season in fine form with three league goals, thought he had broken the deadlock early on after a fine pass from Alexander-Arnold but was judged to be offside.