Just as Strasbourg were pushing for an equaliser in the last 10 minutes, the visitors are down to 10 men as Aleksander Djiku gets a second yellow for a foul on Mauro Icardi.

Pinball in the Alaves box and David Alaba, Real Madrid's number four, volleys over.

There was a brief check for a Lucas Vazquez handball and Alaves penalty but nope, no pen.

Huge chance for Alaves.

Edgar Mendez runs down the right wing and finds Luis Rioja. His header hits Lucas Vazquez and the rebound lands to Pere Pons, who clips his shot onto the roof of the net.

Gareth Bale does shoot, from about 35 yards out. It swerves but it's straight at the keeper in the centre of the goal.

Gareth Bale wants to take the free-kick. Could he...?

Alaves' Manu García misses his kick and hacks down Karim Benzema as he tries to get it back.

It's a yellow card and Alaves fans aren't too happy with that decision (although it was definitely the right call).

A Real Madrid corner is cleared to Federico Valverde, who sends a 35-yard volley flying well over the bar.

The atmosphere has gone a bit flat inside the Parc des Princes. After the excitement of seeing Lionel Messi and those early first-half goals, the fans sound like they're getting a bit disgruntled.

Real are starting to get into their groove now. Karim Benzema controls a long ball forward, cuts inside and curls just wide of the far post.

Gareth Bale curls in a nice cross towards Karim Benzema but Alaves keeper Fernando Pacheco gets there first.

Pacheco played a couple of games for Real in the past.

Here come the changes from Mauricio Pochettino. On comes Pablo Sarabia for goalscorer Julian Draxler.

Can PSG hang on with 20 minutes to go?

Barcelona said earlier that Gerard Pique took a paycut so they could register Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia to face Real Sociedad tomorrow.

But La Liga has just released a statement saying "the documentation is being reviewed by the LaLiga Economic Control and Competitions teams to verify that it complies with the required regulations".

Seems Barcelona may have jumped the gun with their announcement.

Couple more Real Madrid chances as they grow into this game.

Fede Valverde shoots wide on the right and then Gareth Bale drifts inside and lashes wide from 25 yards.

Good defending by Lucas Vazquez to cut out a Joselu pass and deny Alaves a real chance inside the area.

English fans might remember Joselu from his 10 Premier League goals across three seasons for Stoke and Newcastle. They might not to be fair.

Here come Strasbourg again. The visitors are bursting forward in numbers but there's just no end product. This time Presnel Kimpembe does well to stop the cross.

Real Madrid have a chance now. Alaves lose the ball carelessly and Luka Modric picks out Eden Hazard, who curls just wide from 20 yards.

Real have had 59% of the ball but no shots so far. They've barely had an attack.

This Alaves jersey is lovely. It's their 100th anniversary and it's like their kit from the 1920s.

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