GOAL - Real Madrid 3-2 Rayo Vallecanopublished at 30 mins
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo gives Real the lead. The keeper guessed right but Ronaldo's penalty was good enough to find the corner.
Bale scores four before being replaced
Five goals and two reds in first 30 minutes
Rayo reduced to nine men
Real five points off Barca & Atletico at start
Rayo Vallecano in relegation zone
Emlyn Begley
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo gives Real the lead. The keeper guessed right but Ronaldo's penalty was good enough to find the corner.
A free-kick comes in with Raul Baena holding onto Sergio Ramos' shirt. That's his second booking and he's off. It's a penalty too.
Raul Baena
Are Rayo Vallecano going to end with fewer than 10 men? Nacho is booked for hacking down Danilo. They're losing their heads at the Bernabeu.
Real Madrid 2-2 Rayo Vallecano
This is one of the most entertaining games I've seen this season but Tito's red card has really cost Rayo Vallecano here. Danilo whips in an excellent cross from the right which Gareth Bale powers past the keeper with a header. And Real still have over an hour to score again.
Gareth Bale
Good bit of skill from Gareth Bale to get some space coming into the box but goalscorer Antonio Amaya gets it out for a corner.
The kick comes in and Sergio Ramos heads over unmarked from 12 yards out. That should probably be 2-2.
Former Real Madrid midfielder Michel is currently Marseille manager.
Rayo Vallecano make a tactical change as defender Quini replaces Pablo Hernendez. They needed to reshuffle after losing a player so early.
Gareth Bale takes the free-kick from about 25 yards, it's not a bad effort - it sort of swerves and bounces - but keeper Yoel is able to catch the ball.
Rayo's Raul Baena hacks Toni Kroos outside the box and Real Madrid have a free-kick in a dangerous position. Yellow card.
What has Kroos done to these guys to deserve this treatment?
This is turning into a classic, Danilo has a chance to level it up again but he's denied by a Yoel save.
Gareth Bale attempts an overhead kick but barely makes contact and then Luka Modric lashes a shot wide from 20 yards out.
There's going to be more goals.
Rayo had captain Roberto Trashorras booked for complaining about Tito's red card. Not sure they could have many legitimate complaints to be honest once they see it again.
Well, are Real Madrid back in this? Rayo Vallecano's Tito is shown a straight red card for a late, studs-up two-footed tackle on Toni Kroos. A really dangerous tackle - deserved to go.
And Keylor Navas has to pull off a good save to deny Jozabed - that could have been Rayo's third goal in three minutes.
This is unbelievable. There are whistles from the home fans even before Jozabed scores Rayo Vallecano's second headed goal in the space of two minutes. Genuinely remarkable scenes at the Bernabeu.
Jozabed
Wow.
Rayo Vallecano, who started today in the relegation zone, are level. A corner comes in and Antonio Amaya, once of Wigan, beats Pepe in the air to head home. Real keeper Keylor Navas gets a touch but it's not enough.