With Real Madrid’s top three attackers out of the lineup, Sergio Ramos delivered a stoppage-time goal to complete a late comeback for a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga on Saturday.
The result set Real Madrid’s club record of 35 games unbeaten in all competitions, though the run looked to be in jeopardy until Mariano Diaz’s 84th-minute equaliser.
Madrid were playing without any of their front-line stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzama for the first time in the league since May 2014, and had to wait until the second half to take the lead from Alvaro Morata’s long-distance strike.
Depor hit back with two goals from Joselu in as many minutes. The striker, on loan from Stoke City, matched Morato’s long blast on 63 minutes, then controlled a cross from Florin Andone and shot past Keylor Navas.
But Mariano scored his first league goal to bring Real level in the 84th minute, and Ramos, who a week earlier scored a stoppage-time equaliser against Barcelona, headed in following a corner kick in the 92nd to seal the three points.
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