1-2: Alaba stunner clinches three points for Madrid
Almería hit the front in the first half, but efforts from Lucas Vázquez and a delightful free-kick strike from the Austrian handed Madrid the first three points of the LaLiga campaign.
Ancelotti: "Things got easier once the first goal went in"
We expected to have to dig in here and we made things more difficult for ourselves with a defensive error,” commented the coach.