Madrid Stumble Further Away from Barcelona

Real Madrid were immediately surprised in the first minute of the game by a very well taken corner. Madrid failed to clear properly and they payed the price by going down 1-0 in the first minute of the game. Madrid was forced to go on the offensive the rest of them game. This was bad because the game started getting physical with a lot of nasty tackles that were not in Madrid's favor. In the second half Benzeme and Modric came on to try and help the team were it was lacking, but it was to no avail. Ronaldo had a very good appeal for a penalty but the ref was not having it. With this Madrid now trail Barcelona by 8 points in only 4 matches played.