The Real Madrid midfielder believes that his side will keep challenging for the Spanish La Liga title, despite their latest draw against Espanyol.
Real Madrid’s latest La Liga fixture against Espanyol saw them fall victim to a late equaliser, hence condemning the Madrid giants to an un-expected 2-2 draw.
Real hosted Espanyol for their recent league fixture and the night didn’t prove out to be the best one for Los Blancos, as they failed to hit top gear in a match that was seen as to yield a routine win for the defending champions.
The Madrid based outfit already trailed table toppers Barcelona by a massive 11 points and were even placed below local rivals Atletico Madrid in the league.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 were to face Atletico in the most promising and highly anticipated clash of the weekend where Los Rojiblancos had to travel to Camp Nou in an all top of the table clash.
Real were looking to register a win in their game against Espanyol, as they would have expected Barcelona to drop some points in their corresponding fixture.
The holding champions however utterly disappointed and failed to establish themselves in the game as a spirited Espanyol side grabbed a late equaliser to pile further misery on Jose Mourinho’s men.
Espanyol cancelled http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Coentrao’s first ever Madrid goal in the 88th minute, hence snatching up a vital point for themselves as well.
Real midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 was however of the say that Madrid must not dwell on the latest setback and should look to continue challenging for the title, which although seems a distant wish.
“It is a bad result because you always want to win. We had started well but we relaxed, did not kill the game and so we are open to what happened to us,” reflected midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254, in asserting that poor finishing ultimately proved the difference.”
“When the ball enters the back of net then these situations are low risk, we have a bigger advantage.”
“But, you cannot say that the League is lost. It is our competitive gene, we will keep fighting, it will be difficult, but we have to believe.”
Real Madrid are now a mammoth 13 points behind Barcelona in La Liga.
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