Kylian Mbappe goes for goal with a free-kick on the left, but his effort flies well over the bar.

Ibrahima Konate meets an Arda Guler cross but his header is caught by Marko Dmitrovic.

Jude Bellingham rises high at a corner but sees a combination of Marko Dmitrovic and the crossbar keep out his towering header!

Kylian Mbappe looks to convert the rebound but can't get the right contact.

Denzel Dumfries drives towards the penalty area and sees his low shot blocked for a corner.

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Yan Diomande are among the Real Madrid players warming up on the sidelines.

An Espanyol cross is headed to the edge of the box, but Cala produces a spectacular air shot as he goes to volley goalward.

One for the bloopers reel.

Real Madrid get the second half started.

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Real Madrid registered six shots on target compared to Espanyol's three, but the home side's xG reads 1.03 compared to Real Madrid's 0.54.

That first half was all Real Madrid...until it wasn't.

Here's the momentum map from the opening 45 minutes.

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That's it for the first half.

Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid return was going swimmingly for most of the first half, but Espanyol showed great character to cancel out Jude Bellingham's opener and are good value to be level.

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Espanyol should have the laed!

A beautiful cross comes in from the right and evades the jump of Dean Huijsen, but Roberto Fernandez somehow heads the ball straight into the ground rather than goalward and Real Madrid are able to clear.

Three minutes added on at the end of the first half.

Arda Guler flicks the ball away from a defender then lobs it into the path of Kylian Mbappe, but the Frenchman can't get an effort goalward as Dmitrovic comes off his line to put him off.

Kylian Mbappe gets in down the right but his low shot is smothered by Dmitrovic.

Espanyol look to break but it comes to nothing.

We've got an end-to-end football match.

There are two balls on the pitch, pretty much next to each other, but the referee is happy for Real Madrid to continue their attack. Bizarre.

Omar El Hilali clatters into Vinicius and the Real Madrid winger goes flying.

The Espanyol defender certainly got under the skin of the Brazilian the last time they met.

That Espanyol goal sparks Real Madrid back into life - Kylian Mbappe races down the left flank but sees his low shot blocked by the legs of Marko Dmitrovic.

Moments after scoring, Cala gets into a disagreement with Vinicius Jr and both are booked.

Very silly.

There's life in Espanyol - defender Clemens Riedel launches a dipping and swerving shot that has Thibaut Courtois scrambling, before Edu Exposito loops a shot over the bar.