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Second-placed Madrid cut the gap on leaders Barcelona to one point before the Spanish champions visit Real Sociedad on Sunday.Star players Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham have drawn fire from the home fans after a disastrous week. Mbappe also started but was spared the jeers.The French forward was expected to return for next week’s Champions League game against Monaco as he recovers from a sprained knee.“I’ve always respected the Bernabeu (crowd), I’ve been booed a lot (as a player) too and it’s one of the aspects that makes this club so great, how demanding the fans are,” Arbeloa said, defending the fans’ right to express themselves.Arbeloa was on his 43rd birthday and was finally able to celebrate the victory, although his side lacked energy and spark in the first half.This was not the case in the stands as a significant portion of the crowd booed their own team in response to a wild week at the club.Los Blancos lost the Spanish Super Cup final to rivals Barcelona in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, parted ways with Alonso on Monday and were knocked out of the cup on Wednesday.Some fans also chanted for President Florentino Perez to resign in the sour atmosphere in the Spanish capital.Mbappe had the best chance of an even first half against the team from 19th place in La Liga. The French superstar got to the long ball with a volley that flew wide of the post.-Step forward-The home fans jeered at the break and Madrid entered the second half with more momentum as Arbeloa brought on Franco Mastantuon and Arda Guler.Mbappe was fouled in the area by Adriano de la Fuente to earn himself a penalty which he whistled for his 19th league goal of the campaign.Mbappe has scored 50 goals in 53 La Liga games, taking just a little longer than Real Madrid’s top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo to reach the milestone.The Portuguese did it in 51 appearances. Asencio doubled Madrid’s advantage with a header into the top corner from Guler’s corner as the hosts took control.Bellingham came close to adding a third but Mathew Ryan deflected his header away and then saved Vinicius’ effort after a quick run from the Brazilian.Ryan thwarted Bellingham again as the tension eased near the end and the crowd was temporarily satiated with victory. If Madrid can’t build on that, the jeers and boos will return.“Today was a very important day, we played in front of our fans, we wanted to turn things around,” Asencio told Real Madrid TV.“What happened in Albacete should not have happened, we felt guilty and wanted to make things better.”Elsewhere, Vedat Muriqi scored a hat-trick for Mallorca in a 3-2 win over Athletic Bilbao before Villarreal fell to defeat at La Cartuja.Second-half goals from Aitor Ruibal and Pablo Fornals helped Betis to an impressive victory over Marcelino García Toral’s visitors.The loss leaves Villarreal eight points behind leaders Barcelona and damaged their chances of challenging for a first-ever La Liga title.Betis had more of the ball in an otherwise balanced first half than Ruibal put them through with a volley in the 57th minute.Santi Comesana’s red card for a reckless challenge on Giovani Lo Celso made things difficult for Villarreal and Fornals killed off the game with a precise drill from outside the area with seven minutes remaining.“It was a tough game, the details led to Betis winning, I think a draw would be the fairest,” Villarreal midfielder Dani Parejo told Movistar.“We lack finishing but we had some clear chances… I think the team showed well but we weren’t good enough in both boxes.