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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23656175" data-attributes="member: 158020">Real Madrid 1 Espanyol 0: Asensio  downs old club to earn narrow win  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/22/21/4480240-0-image-a-7_1537648439486.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Real Madrid got back to winning ways in LaLiga and moved top of the table  with a tight 1-0 home win against Espanyol secured thanks to Marco Asensio's  first-half goal.Madrid dropped their first points under Julen Lopetegui last  time out at Athletic Bilbao but despite resting Gareth Bale, Marcelo and Toni  Kroos they collected a vital victory on Saturday.    Former Espanyol star Asensio struck from Luka Modric's pass shortly before  half-time, the goal surviving a review for offside, and Lopetegui opted to rest  Karim Benzema for the final 30 minutes.   Mariano Diaz was sent on to make his second league debut for the club, the  striker having rejoined from Lyon, but Espanyol almost levelled when a cute  Borja Iglesias chip rebounded off the crossbar.Pablo Piatti slotted a  presentable chance wide in the 14th minute as Espanyol made a confident start,  with a mishit Isco shot the only time Madrid threatened in the opening half an  hour.   Hernan Perez wasted a great chance on the break, firing straight at Thibaut  Courtois, who was recalled after Keylor Navas was preferred for Madrid's  Champions League defeat of Roma.   And although a lengthy VAR review for offside was needed, Madrid led in the  41st minute when Modric threaded a pass through to Asensio, who drilled a neat  finish into the bottom-right.Diego Lopez tipped a Modric shot around the post  shortly after the restart as Madrid sought to make the points safe, then Isco  had the former Los Blancos goalkeeper scrambling with a strike that curled  wide.   But Espanyol almost snatched an equaliser in the 65th minute, Iglesias  capitalising on a rare Sergio Ramos error but seeing his floated effort over  Courtois come back off the woodwork.</blockquote>

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