The French striker played at home for the first time in a Madrid shirt but was largely frustrated by Valladolid’s defence.
Madrid midfielder Fede Valverde opened the scoring with a low deflected free-kick after 50 minutes and substitutes Brahim Diaz and debutant Endrick struck late on.
Madrid created little in the first half but did enough after the break to earn their first win of the season, following an opening draw at Real Mallorca.
Still lacking fluency in attack, Carlo Ancelotti’s side stayed two points behind rivals Barcelona, who beat Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
“It was very hard, above all at the start, we did not click in the way the coach wanted us to, we lacked attitude when attacking, we were too passive and improved a lot in the second half.
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