- Rues humiliating 2-5 loss to Atletico
Ruffled by the unimpressive showing by his men, Real Madrid Coach, Xabi Alonso said their 5-2 embarrassing loss to rivals Atletico Madrid in Saturday’s derby clash was well-deserved.
Having won all their previous games this season, Real came unstucked and were outplayed by Diego Simeone’s side at the Metropolitano stadium.
According to Alonso, “We didn’t play well as a team, or in pressing, we were not at the level that we should be”
He told reporters at a post-match interview, “We’re in a construction phase. Today was our first loss and we have to take conclusions from what happened. But there are no excuses, we’re hurting, it’s a derby and a deserved defeat.”
Alonso said Los Blancos were not combative enough against the Rojiblancos, who played with intensity and attacked relentlessly.
“We lacked that intensity… we didn’t compete well enough today, not at the level that these games need”, Alonso said, adding: “We’re not happy, but we can’t forget what we were doing before, what we were doing well.
“We’re in a state of progress… how we react to this will be the important thing, in the next game, or when we face a strong opponent, like Atletico were today.
“We wouldn’t be smart if we’re not capable of taking the positive out of the pain that we have today.”
