The Merengues took the lead at the start of the second half on a long shot from Rodrygo (56th, 2-3) but Isaac Palazon surprised Courtois by deflecting a shot from Florian Lejeune (64th, 3-3) to give Rayo a point .
In the standings, Real Madrid does not take the opportunity to temporarily take the lead and remains 2nd with 37 points, one length behind FC Barcelona. Rayo Vallecano remains 13th with 20 points.
Dodi Lukebakio played the entire match in Sevilla FC’s 1-0 win over Celta Vigo. Manuel Bueno scored the only goal of the match in the second half (65th, 1-0). Albert Sambi Lokonga came on in the 69th minute and Stanis Idumbo two minutes later. Idumbo replaced club icon Jesus Navas, who played his last home match with the Sevillian club before retiring on January 1.
Sevilla FC climbs to 10th place in the standings with 22 points, one more than its opponent of the day, 12th.
Siebe Van der Heyden featured in Mallorca’s 2-1 win over Girona when he came on in the 83rd minute. Donny van de Beek opened the scoring for the Catalans (7th, 0-1). Cyle Larin quickly equalized (20th, 1-1) but the Mallorcans were reduced to ten after the exclusion of Vedat Muriqi (32nd).
In the second half, Larin, who played for Zulte Waregem and Club Bruges, scored the winning goal for Mallorca, which climbed to 5th place with 27 points. Girona is 9th with 22 points.
ENGLAND
Nottingham Forest won on the wire (2-1) against Aston Villa on Saturday during the 16th day of the Premier League. Youri Tielemans was replaced by Amadou Onana for the Villans (74th) and Matz Sels played the entire meeting with Forest.
Aston Villa was the first to find the target thanks to a header from Jhon Duran on a cross from John McGinn which left Selz no chance (63rd, 0-1). After a goal from Chris Wood canceled for an offside by Anthony Elanga (82nd), Nottingham finally equalized on a header from Nikola Milenkovic (87th, 1-1) before Elanga scored the goal of the victory in added time (90th + 3, 2-1).
With this victory, Nottingham temporarily climbs to 4th place with 28 points and Aston Villa remains 6th with 25 points.
FRANCE
Lille lined up an eleventh match in a row without defeat in the French championship, snatching a point on the lawn of Marseille (1-1) for the 15th day of Ligue 1 on Saturday. Ngal’ayel Mukau and Mathias Fernandes-Pardo started with LOSC and were replaced after 65 minutes when Thomas Meunier came on.
Quentin Merlin long believed he had scored the only goal of the match in the first period (17th, 1-0) but Bafodé Diakité allowed Lille to continue their series (87th) Les Dogues have not lost since September 13 at Saint -Étienne and maintain their 4th place with 27 points. Marseille, for its part, remains 2nd with 30 points, four less than Paris Saint-Germain (1st, 34 pts) which hosts Lyon (5th, 25 pts) on Sunday.
Lens, coached by Will Still, won on the Auxerre pitch (2-2). Neil Al Aynaoui (22nd, 0-1) and M’Bala Nzola (45th, 1-2) scored the Lensois goals but Gaetan Perrin (31st, 1-1) and Gabriel Osho (73rd, 2-2) each times allowed Auxerre to equalize. Despite this sharing, Lens temporarily climbs to 6th place with 24 points, three more than Auxerre, 8th.
LONDON
Arsenal were held at home by Everton (0-0) during the 16th day of the Premier League on Saturday. Leandro Trossard started on the bench and came on for the Gunners in the 75th minute. Orel Mangala played the entire match for the Toffees.
Dominant, Arsenal failed to find the fault in the Everton block, despite the rise in the game of Leandro Trossard for the last quarter of an hour.
With this sharing, Arsenal remains stuck in 3rd place (30 points) and does not benefit from sharing leader Liverpool (35 pts) against Fulham, who moves to 9th with 24 points (2-2). The Belgian-Brazilian Andreas Pereira put the Londoners in control (11th, 0-1) before the Reds were reduced to ten after the exclusion of Andy Robertson (17th).
Cody Gakpo restored equality at the start of the second (47th, 1-1) shortly before Timothy Castagne came into play for Fulham (55th). Rodrigo Muniz restored the lead to the Cottagers (76th, 1-2) but Diogo Jota saved a point for Liverpool (85th, 2-2).
Wout Faes, for his part, watched from the bench the rout of Leicester on the pitch of Newcastle (4-0). Jacob Murphy scored the only goal of the first period (30th, 1-0) before the Magpies accelerated in the second half thanks to Bruno Guimaraes (47th, 2-0), Alexander Isak (50th, 3-0 ) and a new goal from Murphy (60th, 4-0).
Leicester remains 16th with 14 points, two more than Ipswich, 18th and first relegation. Newcastle move to 11th with 23 points.
THE NETHERLANDS
Ion Nicolaescu scored the winning goal for the club coached by Robin Van Persie (73rd, 1-0). PSV lost for the second time this season after a 3-2 defeat at Ajax on November 2 but remains at the top of the Dutch championship with 42 points, seven more than Utrecht, its closest pursuer, who hosts Go Ahead Eagles on Sunday.
ITALY
In Italy, Juventus avoided a first defeat this season, snatching the draw at home against Venice. Federico Gatti put Juve on the right track by opening the score (19th, 1-0) before Venice completely reversed the situation in the second half thanks to Mikael Ellertsson (61st, 1-1) and Jay Idzes (83rd, 1-2). Dusan Vlahovic finally saved the Old Lady in added time from the penalty spot (90th+5, 2-2).
Samuel Mbangula remained on the bench for Turin, as did Joel Schingtienne for the visitors. In the standings, Juventus remains 6th with 28 points while Venice remains 20th and last with 10 points.
Atalanta scored a 10th victory in a row in the league by winning 0-1 at Cagliari for the 16th day of Serie A on Saturday. Charles De Ketelaere was replaced in the 64th minute for the Lombards.
Holder, De Ketelaere failed to make the difference before giving way to Nicolo Zaniolo (64th). A profitable change for Gian Piero Gasperini because Zaniolo scored the opening goal 120 seconds later on a service from Roberto Bellanova (66th, 0-1).
A tenth consecutive victory for Atalanta which consolidates its place as leader of Serie A with 37 points, five more than Naples which goes to Udinese at 6:00 p.m.
GERMANY
Bayern Munich bit the dust for the first time this season in the league with a 2-1 defeat at Mainz for the 14th day of the Bundesliga. Lee Jae-Sung first took advantage of errors in the Bavarian defense (41st, 1-0) before scoring twice in the second half (60th, 2-0). Leroy Sané’s reduction in the score did not change anything at the end of the game (2-1, 87th).
Despite this defeat, the club coached by Vincent Kompany retains the lead in the Bundesliga with 33 points but sees Bayer Leverkusen, winner 0-2 at Augsburg, come back four points. Mainz ranks 6th with 22 points.
Werder Bremen won 0-2 at St. Pauli with goals from Derrick Kohn (24th, 0-1) and Marvin Duksch (54th, 0-2). Senne Lynen played the entire match while Olivier Deman came on in the 82nd for Werder who now rank 7th with 22 points. St. Pauli remains 15th with 11 points.
PORTUGAL
Sporting CP returned to victory after four defeats in a row in all competitions by taking over Boavista (3-2) on Saturday for the 14th day of the Portuguese championship. Zeno Debast played the entire match for the Lisbon club.
Four days after the defeat at Club Bruges in the Champions League, Sporting took control thanks to Viktor Gyokeres (23rd, 1-0) but Robert Bozenik restored the tie (43rd, 1-1). Francisco Trincao restored the lead to Sporting (49th, 2-1) before Boavista equalized a second time via Bruno Onyemaechi (58th, 2-2).
Trincao finally scored the winning goal (66th, 3-2) for Sporting which consolidates its first place in the standings with 36 points, five more than Benfica which has two matches less.
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