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After failing to win ita last two league matches, Madrid returned to winning ways here, but it still finds it six points adrift of leader Barcelona, having played a game more.

It was Alaves that started on the front foot as Toni Martinez's stinging drive forced Andrii Lunin into an early save, before Trent Alexander-Arnold saw his shot blocked. 

However, after finding its feet, Alvaro Arbeloa's side got in front through Mbappe, whose shot from the edge of the penalty area deflected off Jonny and wrong-footed visiting goalkeeper Antonio Sivera in the 30th minute. 

Mbappe came close to doubling his tally three minutes before the break but could only skew Vinicius's cutback beyond the left post, and he was almost made to pay for that miss when Martinez's instinctive flick struck the woodwork in first-half stoppage time. 

Nevertheless, Madrid pulled further clear five minutes after the restart when Vinicius picked up the ball and drove at the Alaves defence before unleashing a venomous strike that bounced past Sivera and nestled into the bottom-left corner. 

Brahim Diaz then saw his curling effort brilliantly cleared off the line by Nahuel Tenaglia as Madrid looked to hammer home their advantage, with a combination of Mbappe and Vinicius unable to turn Dani Carvajal's teasing cross home.

Alaves did, however, look the more likely to score late on as Victor Parada's diving header hit the base of the post, and the visitors got themselves on the scoresheet in the third minute of added time after Martinez flicked Antonio Blanco's shot into the net.