Real Madrid will remain top of the LALIGA table following a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid in an entertaining derby clash in LaLiga on Saturday evening.
Los Blancos saw Raul Asencio come in for the injured Antonio Rudiger before Antoine Griezmann, Jose Gimenez, Javi Galan, and Rodrigo de Paul set out Atleti's changes as the quartet replaced Reinildo Mandava, Robin Le Normand, Koke and Alexander Sorloth.
The table-toppers were keen to hit the ground running as Vinicius Junior combined with Federico Valverde to slam a teasing shot beyond the top corner.
Real trailed their fierce rivals ten minutes to halftime when Julian Alvarez' cleverly dispatched a spot-kick after a foul by Aurelien Tchouameni on Samuel Molina.
Los Blancos still pushed numbers forward in the hope of a comeback before halftime, but were unable to breach the defence of their city rivals.
The home team returned for the second half energised and got the equaliser when a loose ball from a scramble fell kindly for Kylian Mbappe who needed no second invitation.
Real were fired up having gone on level terms and fashioned a second after Jude Bellingham's leaping header from Vinicius' clipped delivery hit the upright and into play.
Bellingham fancied the front once more through a header from the centre of the box following Dani Ceballos' cross from the left, but Jan Oblak collected comfortably.
Madrid made a double substitution in the final ten minutes in Luka Modric for Lucas Vazquez before Ceballos vacated for Eduardo Camavinga.
Both sides looked for a strong well in the latter exchanges, but weren't able to rattle the back of the net and saw the spoils shared in the end.
Confirmed line-ups:
Real Madrid: Courtois, Lucas Vazquez, Tchouameni, Asencio, Fran Garcia, Ceballos, Valverde, Bellingham, Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Junior
Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Javi Galan, Gimenez, Lenglet, Llorente, Barrios, De Paul, Giulano, Lino, Alvarez, Griezmann