The Barcelona youth academy product was unhappy with the 5-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu and implored Espanyol players to not repeat such antics again.
Gonzalo Higuain led Real Madrid from the front with a well-taken brace as he profited from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 Kaka’s magical showing in the Spanish capital.
After the match, 28-year-old midfielder, Joan Verdu, was at loss for words explaining Espanyol’s performance on Sunday night.
The Catalan midfield orchestrator was self-critical in his approach as he apologized to the fans and admitted blame for the defeat.
"We have no words to justify it, assume all the blame," he said.
Reflecting on the match, Verdu believes Los Parakeets should learn from their mistakes and should to give too much to the defeat.
"We must draw conclusions, but better in cold."
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-c9622 Ronaldo’s opener, but lost their way after going two goals down because of Sami Khedira’s debut goal for Los Blancos.
Sharing his thoughts about the opposition, Verdu praised the quality individuals in Real Madrid dressing room, who effortlessly sent five past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kiko-Casilla-c20951.
"After 1-0 we went all well, though we went for the match from the start. They have very good people in attack".
On the other hand, Spanish midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-c30652 Baena, shared the feelings of his teammate but asked the players and fans to forget about the thumping defeat and start preparing for their upcoming La Liga fixtures.
However, the Andalusian was impressed by the star power of their rivals who took the match away from them after the restart.
He asserted his belief that Los Parakeets were not afraid in taking the game to their opponents and paid dearly for their mistakes on the pitch.
"The opposition came out much more involved. Before we had the best players in the world and when you make a mistake the bundle. Although we were not afraid, they were much higher and each time they came to our area and were dangerous. We made mistakes
and the 5-0 is shown. "
The outfit from Catalonia take on the challenge of impressive Rayo Vallecano at Estadio El Prat, but will be wary of the capital club who boast the third-best away record in La Liga.
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