Atletico de Madrid vs Real Madrid: Gareth Bale scores 100th goal for Los Blancos
Casemiro and Sergio Ramos also scored, with Antoine Griezmann's effort not enough to prevent the hosts from suffering defeat and dropping down to third
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Your support makes all the difference.Real Madrid dispatched rivals Atletico Madrid in the derby in a boost ahead of next week's Champions League.
Gareth Bale added some gloss to the scoreline, with Casemiro and Sergio Ramos' penalty also doing the damage.
A weakened Atletico side, without Koke and Diego Costa, equalised through Antoine Griezmann, but it was not enough.
Thomas Partey was also sent off to compound their misery as they dropped down to third in La Liga.
Relive the game as it happened above.
Morata chucking his weight about again in the second half, hitting Carvajal late, but he avoids a yellow.
Bale is warming up.
Morata with his first clear sighter, but it's horribly sliced wide as Carvajal slides in to put him off.
Delightful from Morata, who controls the ball dead and then lifts the ball over Courtois.
Ramos' desperate attempt to clear off the line is in vain.
But VAR saves Real, it's offside! Still 1-2.
Lucas smashes Carvajal and receives a yellow.
The Madrid man is rolling all over the turf.
Meanwhile, Vinicius off, Bale on, the Brazilian has been superb.
Reguilon screaming on the turf after Thomas lunges in.
It's a horrible challenge in truth. Atleti losing their composure a bit here.
Plenty of late challenges, which aren't intimidating Real, they are merely giving them rest and frustrating the crowd.
Madrid just losing control ever so slightly.
Atleti starting to believe again, and the crowd are getting back behind their side.
Modric now in the book, Rodriguez chopped down as he picked up speed.
Now they want a penalty, Morata hits the deck and Atleti are furious!
Morata's game is up, Kalinic his replacement.
He's not quite found his best form, but he's put a shift in and better days appear to be ahead.
The home fans applaud their new No 22.
GOAL! Atletico 1-3 Real Madrid (Bale)
That should be it, Bale slams home the third on the counter.
Modric slides him in and it's a calm finish low into the far corner.
Vinicius races off the bench to celebrate.
Bale with a gesture to the crowd, which could land him in trouble.
RED! (Thomas)
It's over for Atleti, Thomas catches Kroos with a late one.
And their hopes of getting back into this appear to be up in smoke.
Bale misses a sitter, heading over with so much time to pick his spot.
What a pick-out from Benzema though.
Then Bale collects the ball on the byline without any pressure, crosses, but cannot pick out one of the many Real players gambling to add insult to injury to Atleti.
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