MADRID -- Xabi Alonso praised Vinícius Júnior 's performance after the Real Madrid forward celebrated his return to the team by scoring in a 2-1 win over Mallorca on Saturday.

Madrid went behind to Vedat Muriqi 's early header at the Santiago Bernabéu, before two goals in a minute from Arda Güler and Vinícius turned the game around.

It was a second goal in two games for Vinícius -- who scored off the bench at Real Oviedo last weekend -- and ensured Madrid go into the international break with three wins out of three in LaLiga.

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"[Vinícius] performed well," Alonso said in his post-match news conference. "It was a bet

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