The French midfielder has expressed that Los Blancos are completely focused on winning the Spanish crown and are not distracted by their traditional foes.
Diarra has stated that his side are concentrating on their own performance rather than paying attention to Barcelona’s winning streak in the Spanish La Liga.
He stressed that his teammates will not be losing any sleep worrying about the exploits of their oldest rivals in football.
Real Madrid dropped two valuable points on Sunday, as they were held to a stalemate against Malaga at home. The Spanish giants were quite disappointed by the result as they could have registered another victory over the weekend.
Despite going in the lead in the first half of the match, Los Blancos were unable to maintain their advantage over the visitors and conceded a late goal through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-c32503 Cazorla’s free-kick in the 92nd minute.
Although Jose Mourinho’s men created several chances to find the net and could have seen the game through, their wastefulness in front of goal proved to be the determining factor in the match.
On the other hand, Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona were able to secure a victory over Sevilla, prior to Madrid’s fixture. La Blaugrana recorded a 2-0 win on Saturday, with Xavi and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 scoring one goal apiece for the Catalan giants.
Sunday’s result was good news for the current Spanish champions as they were able to reduce Madrid’s advantage over them to 8 points.
Prior to the weekend’s results, the gap between the top teams in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 stood at 10 points.
Lassana Diarra emphasized that Los Vikingos still boast an eight-point lead over Barca and argued that they are still most likely to be champions at the end of the season.
"We are not thinking about Barcelona. We are only thinking about ourselves, because we know that we have everything in our own hands. We will win the league title if we keep winning our games. That's a fact," the midfielder told AS.
"It's normal that we were disappointed with the draw against Malaga. We want to be crowned champions as soon as possible. Dropping points at home is never a good thing, but it's not the end of the world. We are still the leaders," he added.
Los Merengues will continue their La Liga campaign this midweek as they face Villareal away from home on Wednesday.
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