Carlos Romero played a crucial role in Espanyol’s recent match against Real Madrid, which sparked significant controversy. The left-back admitted that his attempt to stop Real Madrid’s Kylian

LaLiga leaders Real Madrid were stunned at lowly Espanyol on Saturday after losing 1-0 thanks to a late Carlos Romero strike.

Real Madrid crashed to a controversial 1-0 defeat to relegation-battling Espanyol in La Liga as a late Cristian Romero goal gave the home team a rare win in the fixture, despite strong shouts that the left-back should’ve been shown a straight red card for a late tackle from behind on Kylian Mbappé earlier in the game.