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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23560959" data-attributes="member: 158020">Girona 1 Real Madrid 4: Penalties  help pull Madrid out of a hole  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/08/26/22/4F6C86F500000578-6100525-image-a-25_1535320010083.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Real Madrid benefited from two penalties as they came from behind to beat  Girona 4-1 on Sunday, while Gareth Bale maintained his hot goalscoring form.   Madrid suffered their first away defeat of the 2017-18 season at Montilivi  and it looked set to be another uncomfortable outing when Borja Garcia gave the  home side the lead after 16 minutes.    But Madrid turned the scoreline on its head with the help of careless tackles  from Marc Muniesa and Pere Pons, allowing Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema to  convert a spot-kick apiece either side of the break.    Bale added a third in the 59th minute, with Benzema making absolutely sure of  the win with a goal that puts Madrid above rivals Barcelona after two matches of  the LaLiga campaign.It was Madrid who made the early running, with Benzema  finding the net after eight minutes only to be denied by the offside flag.   Isco could not sort his feet out in time to apply the finish to a squared  Marco Asensio pass and Girona punished the visitors for their profligacy with  the opening goal.   Anthony Lozano's shot was blocked in the box but the ball fell kindly for  Garcia, who kept his cool to turn onto his right foot and fire high into Keylor  Navas' net.But the home side threw away their advantage six minutes from the  break, Muniesa bringing down Asensio - who was running away from goal – inside  the penalty area.   With Cristiano Ronaldo now gone, spot-kick duties fell to captain Ramos,  whose delicate flick down the middle deceived goalkeeper Bono.Madrid had another  chance from the spot seven minutes into the second half - this time Benzema  scoring from 12 yards out after Asensio was hacked down by Pons.   Almost an hour had passed by the time Madrid got their first goal from open  play, with Bale slotting beyond Bono to stretch his LaLiga scoring run to a  career-best six matches.   Benzema's second of the contest arrived 10 minutes from time to put the  result beyond doubt, the French striker tucking home a Bale cross to round  off the victory.</blockquote>

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