The Madrid after the defeat against the Girona in the Bernabéu, needed the 3 points in his visit to Levante. The white obtained the points thanks to two penalties charged by Benzema and Bale, and thanks to 2 crosses that kept the match even.
The first half of the encounter was vibrant, with two sticks in the goal of Courtois after shots from Roger, a penalty requested by the local fans, the indicated after consultation with the VAR by hands of Bardhi, which meant the 0-1, and several explosive actions of Vinicius.
The same dynamics of play was maintained in the initial stretch of the restart. It was a roundtrip match, with arrivals before both goals, but with several interruptions that subtracted in some moments rhythm to the game.
In one of those actions, a good penetration by the left of the local team, ended with a good center of Morales that Roger sent away from the Courtois range to establish the tie to one.
The only thing that was not missing was emotion and in the 77th minute there was another penalty with VAR for a kick from Dwanema to Casemiro, charged by Bale who refused to embrace his teammates. At 87 Madrid would stay with one less after the expulsion of Nacho. Levante tried to tie but Madrid managed better times to win.
With the victory achieved in the visit to the east Solari reach 48 points and are located third, 2 points less than Atletico de Madrid and 9 of Barcelona. The victory also means a good atmosphere for the two classics that has to play the team soon first the return of Copa del Rey and then the League where Barcelona could get a definite advantage.