Mourinho: Real Madrid's win over Rayo a "45-minute match"
Real Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano 4-1 after leading 3-0 at half-time, but Mourinho said fatigue from facing Inter caused a second-half collapse.
Carlo Ancelotti called Real Madrid's second half against Rayo Vallecano "a 45-minute match", after his side led 3-0 at the break in the 5th round of La Liga before conceding. Real Madrid had won
Real Madrid had won 2-1 away to Inter in midweek in their opening Champions League fixture, and the Portuguese blamed fatigue. Rayo had 11 shots in the second half alone before Kylian Mbappé's stoppage-time strike, his second of the night, made it 4-1.
The win ends a run that had included a defeat to Betis last month, when Ancelotti's unbeaten start at the club came apart through a late Troy Parrott goal and a stoppage-time penalty save by Alvaro Valles against Mbappé.
With Bellingham needing to be managed physically after the Inter game and the squad only fully assembled for two months following the summer window, further rotation looks likely as Real Madrid try to sustain the level they showed in the opening 45 minutes against Rayo.
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