Real Madrid suffered their second La Liga loss of the week as they lost their La-Liga mid-week fixture to fifth placed Sevilla.
The unfortunate loss means Madrid now sit third on the Liga table, three points behind city rivals, Atletico Madrid who defeated Granada 1-0, and two behind arch rival Barcelona, who beat Celta Vigo 3-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring with a deflected free kick for Real, who were beaten by Barcelona on Sunday.
Madrid missed a host of chances, which included Ronaldo hitting the post before the break.
Carlos Bacca equalised and superb play from Ivan Rakitic created Bacca's second.
The visitors still had their chances to take at least a point, with Ronaldo and Gareth Bale spurning chances.
It is the first time Real have lost two successive league matches since May 2009 and they will look to get back to winning ways when they next meet Rayo Vallecano over the weekend.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, lamented the way his team conceded the two goals and admits the defeat is well deserved
"In one sense the defeat could be deserved because we didn't prepare well for the counter-attack which Sevilla had and they scored two goals.
"We conceded two goals in the same way on the counter-attack when we needed more balance.
"We need to concentrate on our own games, it is true we have lost two games in a row and that is not good at this point in the season.
"We need to believe that we can win it still. We are three points behind Atletico and two behind Barcelona, everything is still possible." Ancelotti said
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