Thibaut Courtois overcame the jeers and Gareth Bale delivered a timely reminder of his talents as Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 in a feisty city derby on Saturday. The Welshman’s goal, his 100th for Real Madrid, will not have been lost on coach Santiago Solari and ended Atletico’s hopes of a comeback after Sergio Ramos’ penalty put Real in front at half-time, with Antoine Griezmann earlier cancelling out Casemiro’s acrobatic opener. The Belgian, who spent three years at Atletico, was playing in the white of Real for the first time at the home of his former club. Alvaro Morata had gone the opposite way, also via Chelsea, now for Atleti after starting out at Real Madrid. Bale came on for Vinicius but Atletico were on top and again, felt aggrieved, after Morata fell over a clumsy Casemiro challenge in the box.

Source: Punch February 09, 2019 18:00 UTC