Casilla closes down Boateng as Levante chase a goal again. The game is flowing from end to end!
FULL-TIME: Real Madrid 1-1 Levante.
90' +3
Levante smell a winner here! Jason's shot is deflected away, Pedro Lopez crosses into Casilla's hands and the Madrid keeper inexplicably gives the ball away again.
POST! But Madrid nearly win it themselves! Kroos - who has disappointed today - switches onto his right on the edge of the area and curls a shot against the outside of the post. Hands on heads.
90' +2
Hernandez delivers a poor, tired cross towards Ramos but beyond the Madrid man. Fernandez collects and Levante breathe again.
90' +1
Madrid might have lost a defender, but Ramos is still stationed up front. There will be a minimum of four minutes added on.
Madrid are struggling to get the ball back at the moment, never mind create a chance...
89'
Marcelo goes off after a red card!
RED! And now Marcelo's off! He clatters into Lerma after shooting on goal and stupidly, needlessly kicks out at the Levante man. Great refereeing to spot that.
88'
SAVE! Superb from Fernandez! Marcelo thumps a strike towards the bottom corner from the corner of the box and a firm hand repels the shot.
87'
CLOSE! Unbelievable! Bale has missed again and this one is agonising! Isco's wonderful ball again finds the head of Madrid's number 11 and he directs the ball inches past the right-hand post. How are Madrid not leading? How has Bale not scored?
86'
CHANCE! A tiring Hernandez runs at Pedro Lopez and wins a corner. Nacho meets the set-piece but nods over the top.
85'
Madrid have not failed to win in their opening two home league games of the season for 22 years. At this late stage, it's heading that way.
82'
And now Levante force a corner on the left...
SAVE! Madrid counter! Bale brilliantly flicks the ball into Asensio's path and the goalkeeper parries well from his low curler.
Was that a shot? The ball runs behind on the far side having failed to pick out a visiting player. Really poor.
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81'
Crucial interception from Nacho! Casilla races from his goal and Boateng is there first, shooting for goal from 30 yards out on the left. Nacho brilliantly blocks.
80'
The Madrid fans are particularly taking issue with the perceived timewasting of the Levante players. Chema Rodriguez is down receiving treatment.
79'
Fernandez punches well clear. Isco looks to return play to Carvajal on the right and the ball runs behind. More whistles, more jeers, more frustration.
78'
Free-kick by the byline, right on the edge of the box, for Madrid. Tono handles as Carvajal looks to progress into the area...
77'
Offsides at either end, for Isco and Jason. The latter saw Hernandez panic a little as he realised the Levante man had got away from him in the area.
76'
Madrid are just trying to be a little cute around the edge of the area. With men packing the final third, Kroos' clipped pass runs through for Fernandez.
74'
SAVE! Fernandez just about deals with this one! A left-wing corner is nodded out to Carvajal, whose deflected strike almost wrongfoots the goalkeeper. He eventually gathers.
72'
M. Kovačić enters the game and replaces Lucas Vázquez.
Lovely football! Kroos to Marcelo in the box and Ramos is overlapping. Lerma makes a last-ditch clearance.
SUB! Now the home goalscorer makes way. Mateo Kovacic is on for Vazquez - and that move might spark a change in system.
71'
WIDE! Asensio has been a little quiet today, but he surges through the Levante back-line and flashes a shot towards goal. It falls a long way wide, though.
70'
Fernandez has been a busy, busy man today. Carvajal's cross almost fizzes into the near top corner, but the goalkeeper collects.
68'
Samu enters the game and replaces Ivi López.
SUB! Ivi, the visiting goalscorer, makes way for Samu Garcia.
66'
Dani Carvajal gets yellow.
YELLOW! Tempers are rising at Bernabeu. Carvajal goes through the back of Lerma and earns a yellow card as he reacts furiously. Hernandez had been denied a free-kick seconds earlier.
65'
Madrid again take a corner short after a clearing header and Isco's cross is again knocked away. He's just finding his feet at the moment. It has not been an immediate impact.
SAVE! Fernandez saved awkwardly from Kroos at the end of the first half, but this is a simple stop, clinging onto a low drive.
64'
Madrid are just starting to get a little more desperate here and Levante are keeping men forward in attack. Could there be a late chance for the visitors to steal an unlikely three points?
62'
Isco enters the game and replaces Marcos Llorente.
SUB! Here comes Madrid's star man. Isco replaces the more defensively minded Llorente.
CHANCE! Bale again! Nice build-up play from Asensio, Carvajal and then Vazquez wide on the right. His cross picks out Bale, but again the header is off target.
60'
E. Boateng gets yellow.
SAVE! Comfortable for Fernandez as he collects Asensio's flick from a Carvajal cross, although it looked as though the Madrid man might have been trying to control the ball.
SUB! Boateng, just off the bench, follows Alegria into the book for a foul on Llorente.
59'
Oh, almost an opening for Madrid! Asensio's dummy lets Hernandez in to pick out Marcelo in the middle with a deflected cross. Back to goal, Marcelo opts to tease a pass back into Asensio but he gets too much purchase on the pass.
58'
Corners in quick succession for Madrid! Marcelo forces the first and, when that is taken short, Asenio wins another. The second is cleared.
57'
Ramos is looking to drive Madrid forward as he so often does. Dashing upfield to force the issue, he then wins the ball back as he retreats after play breaks down. Brilliant play that draws applause from the Madrid supporters.
55'
E. Boateng enters the game and replaces Álex Alegría.
SUB! Levante use the break in play to make a change: Emmanuel Boateng replacing Alegria.
54'
Sergio Ramos gets yellow.
YELLOW! A free-kick does go Levante's way, but it hardly could not have. Ramos attempts an overhead-kick and catches Lerma. Booking for Ramos and some relief for the visitors, who had been defending a corner won on the right.
53'
Levante force a corner on the right, but Bale nods Campana's delivery clear. Another long throw-in opportunity, but, without Ivan Lopez, the visitors go short.
51'
Bizarrely, another decision goes against Alegria as he challenges with Nacho - and the Levante man takes a knock this time too.
50'
SAVE! And just like that, Levante head up the other end! Escaping with a couple of loose passes on the way, Alegria eventually forced Casilla into a low stop.
49'
Madrid are pushing and pushing and pushing. Levante are struggling to get a touch right now. They are offered one moment of relief as Hernandez's miscontrol leads to a throw-in, though.
47'
Álex Alegría gets yellow.
YELLOW! Slightly unfortunate for Alegria, who is booked after a collision with Ramos. Quite clearly an unintentional contact, but the Madrid captain requires treatment.
46'
KICK-OFF: Madrid get us started again in this second half.
Almost a chance straight away! Ramos plays a pass in behind and both Bale and Asensio are allowed to run by their markers. Bale cannot quite toe a finish beyond Fernandez.
45' +3
HALF-TIME: Real Madrid 1-1 Levante.
45' +2
SAVE! Nervy for Fernandez! The short free-kick gives Kroos an opening to blast hard and low. The goalkeeper fumbles the shot and scoops the rebound behind. The corner comes to nothing.
45' +1
J. Lerma gets yellow.
There will be two minutes added on here.
YELLOW! Kroos has been poor for the home side, but he wins a free-kick and a booking from Lerma. Slightly harsh.
45'
SAVE! What a chance for Bale and this time he really should score! Ramos' wonderful pass sets the Wales international in the clear, but he shoots straight at Fernandez. Good save, nonetheless.
And Levante deal with the corner, this time mopping up in the second phase too.
43'
CHANCE! Another cleared corner, but this time the second delivery picks out a white shirt. It is Marcelo who finds Bale, his heading arrowing wide.
42'
Bale drops deep and plays through for Marcelo, who wins a corner. Fernandez just about gets to this delivery but Ramos, on the edge of the box, forces another corner with his deflected centre.
41'
Levante are allowed to keep possession for a couple of minutes, but Madrid are soon back on the attack when a ball in behind runs for Casilla.
39'
And now Madrid are just settling again. With the game back in their control, there is no rush to force a second.
37'
Madrid are getting numbers forward in attack now, but they are unable to forge another chance on this occasion. Hernandez perhaps had a case for a penalty as he took a kick moments earlier.
36'
Lucas Vázquez has scored a goal for Real Madrid!
GOAL! Relief for the champions as Vazquez equalises! Ramos towers over Campana from the set-piece and his header is parried out to Vazquez, yards out, to finish. That's 71 consecutive scoring games for Madrid. 1-1.
35'
Marcelo and Hernandez are now taking turns to overlap on the left. Kroos ignores both of them, latterly crossing and forcing a corner.
34'
Madrid have given away so many fouls in the Levante box, disrupting their own momentum. Vazquez's cross reaches Marcelo, who loses the ball to Jason and then brings the man down as he turns.
33'
It is clear why Madrid switched to have Hernandez in an advanced role, his sprinter's pace continues to cause Levante problems. At some stage, you would imagine he will get in on the left.
31'
CLOSE! Ivi fancies a second! After causing havoc with a previous ball into the box, Levante go for goal from a free-kick wide on the left. Ivi's effort dips just wide of the near post.
30'
And Bale is immediately on the run, looking to get on the end of a Marcelo pass. He cannot quite reach the ball, though, and Fernandez - yet again - takes possession.
29'
Hernandez looks to be Madrid's biggest threat. He tears down the left and crosses low, Fernandez intercepting again.
28'
G. Bale enters the game and replaces K. Benzema.
And more frustration. Asensio looks to be about to strike in the area, but he's adjudged to have fouled a defender. Free-kick and Madrid can make their change.
SUB! No rest for Bale then. He replaces Benzema.
27'
In fact, Benzema looked to twist an ankle or a knee as he miscontrolled under pressure. He has no headed down the tunnel and a change is imminent. The Madrid crowd is rather unimpressed by the rough treatment being handed out by the visitors.
26'
Benzema took a kick in the build-up to that Levante move and Madrid are still a man down as they attempt a counter of their own through Hernandez. Levante, similarly, get men back.
25'
Oh, Levante really should make more of a counter! They're two on two and have more men racing up in support, but Alex Alegria is far too slow in moving the ball on. They still have the ball, but Madrid have recovered some ground.
23'
Levante are not giving Madrid a yard's space. Asensio is clattered as he teases a pass through for Marcelo and the return ball escapes Kroos under pressure and runs past the still prone Spain international.
21'
Levante's set-piece may have caused problems, but Madrid cannot echo that with an effort of their own. Kroos delivers a free-kick and there looks to be a marginal offside against an attacker.
20'
Pedro López enters the game and replaces Iván López.
SUB! Ivan Lopez - the captain - who had made a good start, is off. An injury sees Pedro Lopez comes in.
19'
Kroos quickly leaps up, keen to create another opportunity, but, when the ball eventually breaks, Marcos Llorente blazes over the top.
18'
There are a few rather optimistic calls for a home penalty as Toni Kroos - quiet so far - goes over in the area. He looked to just lose his balance.
17'
Fernandez is doing much better with players running towards him, however. Hernandez charges through this time and the goalkeeper is quick off his line to claim the ball.
16'
Marcelo and Hernandez look to have switched back, the latter getting in behind to cross low towards Benzema. Fernandez intercepts. Madrid are still looking to get to grips with this experimental line-up.
A nervy moment from Fernandez. Lucas Vazquez crosses from the right, too close to the goalkeeper, but Fernandez nearly carries the ball over the line.
14'
SAVE! Now Madrid create a first chance. Benzema lays the ball off for Asensio, Rober Pier blocking, and the ball goes wide. A cross finds Benzema at the back post, but he nods straight at the goalkeeper. Better, at least.
12'
Ivi López has scored a goal for Levante! Assist by Iván López.
In come the cross and Kiko Casilla confidently punches clear. Good goalkeeping.
GOAL! Unbelievable! Levante and Ivi have their goal! A long throw-in reaches the midfielder, whose touch is poor but falls kindly for a finish, poked beyond Casilla. 0-1.
It was Ivan Lopez who launched in the throw, won from Casilla's punch.
11'
Lovely play from Levante and they have a corner! Ivan Lopez charges forward and a series of passes sees the ball worked wide to Ivi, whose shot is blocked.
10'
Campana barges Ramos over in the Madrid area and, with no foul given, has the opportunity to work an opening. He attempts a dink over the top for Ivi, though, and it doesn't come off.
9'
We are still waiting on a first chance here, despite a couple of scares for the visitors. The two sides are currently taking turns to play passes in behind, consistently overcooking the ball.
7'
Levante are comfortable on the ball here - perhaps a little too comfortable. They are slow with their passing at times and Madrid are working hard to force mistakes.
6'
A vital Nacho interception now! A searching pass out from the Levante defence so nearly picks out Jose Campana on the run, before the Madrid man steps in.
5'
An escape for Fernandez! He takes a little too much time to pass the ball clear and, in front of the goal, Benzema is quick to close down. The ball ricochets behind.
3'
And another vital defensive tackle! Jefferson Lerma gives the ball away in midfield and then has to hare after Karim Benzema who looks to be in on goal, recovering just in time to slide the ball behind. The corner comes to nothing.
2'
Asensio is already getting on the ball and causing problems! He dances away with possession on the edge of the Levante box before attempting to tease a pass through for Marcelo. A crucial interception prods the ball back to Raul Fernandez.
1'
KICK-OFF: It is the visitors who get us under way!
Marcelo is lining up in front of Hernandez here, with the pair tested by an early crossfield ball from Tono. Marcelo slips but the cross that follows, from Jason, is far too high.
Hello and welcome to our live text commentary as Real Madrid host Levante in LaLiga.
There has been an international break since these sides were last in action, but Zinedine Zidane and Madrid will hope for vast improvement from their 2-2 draw with Valencia. Only Marco Asensio's brilliance rescued a point.
While Levante, like the European champions, are on four points after two games, they can be happier with their start to the season. This is their first away game of the season, however.
Of course, in domestic action, Madrid continue to be hindered by Cristiano Ronaldo's suspension, but let's see how the teams will line up today...
Subs: Olazabal, Pedro Lopez, Luna, Lukic, Samu Garcia, Bardhi, Boateng.
Levante (4-5-1): Fernandez, Ivan Lopez, Postigo, Chema Rodriguez, Tono, Ivi, Lerma, Rober Pier, Campana, Jason, Alex Alegria.
Madrid make five changes. Sergio Ramos returns from suspension, while Theo Hernandez makes his debut. But a number of first-teamers - including Isco and Gareth Bale - drop to the bench, alongside Zidane's son Luca for the first time.
For Levante, there are two changes. Jose Luis Morales is out following his red card against Deportivo La Coruna and Enis Bardhi drops to the bench. Ivi and Rober Pier come in.
The Madrid team has no doubt been selected with one eye on Wednesday's Champions League meeting with Apoel Nicosia. However, Ronaldo will be back for that game at Santiago Bernabeu, arguably the holders' easiest test of the group stage.
Levante have only won once at Bernabeu. If they can improve on that record today - against a weakened Madrid side - this will be their best ever start to a season in LaLiga. How's that for motivation?
The players are gathering in the tunnel...
And here they come! We are now just a couple of minutes away from kick-off.
Real Madrid (4-2-3-1): Casilla, Carvajal, Nacho, Ramos, Marcelo, Llorente, Kroos, Vazquez, Asensio, Hernandez, Benzema.
It has been a difficult first half for Madrid. They are in control again now, but they owe a lot - as usual - to their captain. Ramos' header allowed Vazquez to equalise after Ivi had opened the scoring.
What a result for Levante! Even against 10 men in the closing stages - and a weakened Madrid side - it took a monumental effort to remain unbeaten after three games.
Ivi netted the opener, Vazquez equalised, but Madrid could not force a winner. Both sides are on five points after three games. Not the start to a title defence Zidane would have hoped for.
That's all from Madrid. Thanks for joining us and, until next time, goodbye!
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