The fight for the title of top scorer in La Liga promises to be intense this season.

Sunday afternoon, Robert Lewandowski offered his second double (already) in three games with Barça, against Valladolid.

A few hours later, a few kilometers from Camp Nou, Karim Benzema provided a nice response by scoring two goals in turn.

A double slammed at the very end of the match which is expensive, since it allowed Real Madrid to snatch victory on the lawn of Espanyol Barcelona.

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🔥 Long hooked at Espanyol, Real went to their savior: Benzema, author of a double at the very end of the match!


🟥 The locals ended up with a field player as goalkeeper after the expulsion of Benjamin Lecomte.https://t.co/OO4YAdmvNQ

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Despite Vinicius opening the score on a very good opening by Aurélien Tchouaméni from the 12th minute, the Merengues indeed stammered their football, and ended up being joined just before half-time, on a good recovery from Joselu who managed to beat Thibaut Courtois in two stages (43rd).

A defender in the Espanyol goal

But KB9, crowned best player of the season by UEFA in Istanbul on Thursday, came out of hiding in the 88th minute to stretch the flat of his right foot to the far post on the fall of a center signed Rodrygo, and snatch the three points .

And after additional time (90th + 10), the former Lyonnais even converted a direct free kick.

His 2nd and 3rd goals of the season.

Note in this match, the expulsion in the last minutes of Espanyol's French goalkeeper, Benjamin Lecomte, for a foul on Dani Ceballos outside the area.

All the changes having already been made, it was central defender Leandro Cabrera who put on the gloves to finish the game in the cages - and who took the free kick from Benzema.

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