Jose Mourinho’s men were held to a goalless draw at the Santiago Bernabeu, bringing down their lead at the top of La Liga rankings to a measly 4 points.
As http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 make long strides towards retaining the Spanish Primera Division crown for the fourth consecutive season after winning their 9th successive match on the trot, Real Madrid have seen contrasting fortunes.
Los Blancos’ recent stalemate against Valencia at the Bernabeu was their third draw in five matches, dropping six points from the available fifteen on offer.
Just like their previous tied results, the match officials were at the centre of proceedings, with Real Madrid assistant manager, Aitor Karanka, criticising their output in the post match conference.
However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 in the goal, keeping Madrid attackers at bay with his acrobatic saves all night.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 was understandably disappointed with the showings of the scoreboard when the full time whistle was blown, and did not shy away from voicing his opinions.
The Spanish international stated that they expected to take the three points on offer in front of home fans and will look to start a winning streak in their next league match.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 also played down importance of the dropped points and commented that Real Madrid are in front of the chasing pack which is the only thing that matters in the end.
However, he admitted that they cannot drop any more points in the two games leading up to El Clasico at the Camp Nou.
"We are obviously disappointed," the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 midfielder said while talking to reporters. "We expected to get the three points.”
"It is very important to win all of our games at home, but we must focus on the next match now."
"We are still ahead, no matter how many points we led by before.”
"There are still two games before the Clasico at Camp Nou, so that is what we will be focused on."
With only seven La Liga fixtures remaining, Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid travel across town to the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Simeone’s stuttering Atletico Madrid.
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