Rafael Benitez lamented his side s inability to react after going behind for the first time this season as he suffered his first defeat as Madrid boss 3-2 at Sevilla on Sunday.
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Sevilla took the lead through Ever Banega after the break and increased their advantage thanks to substitute Fernando Llorente, with Madrid’s late second goal coming from the fit-again James Rodriguez on his return from a two-month lay-off.
Real Madrid are in front in the Head to Head department, winning 93 out of 175 total matches played between the sides.
So, Emery’s team is facing its ups and downs, while Real Madrid will be looking to maintain their hold on top spot the Spanish top flight, as they sit level on points with Barcelona.
“We allowed them to score (the equaliser) from a set-piece and that conditioned the game”. It has also been a hard week for Real Madrid with rumours of star striker Cristiano Ronaldo preparing a possible move to French side Paris Saint Germain and forward Karim Benzema spending a night in the cells of a Paris police station amid allegations of his involvement in a blackmail plot against French global team-mate Mathieu Valbuena.
Jose Mourinho’s woes continued at Chelsea after the champions slumped to their seventh Premier League defeat of the season, while in La Liga Real Madrid slumped to a surprise defeat at Sevilla.
The Italian removed his shirt in celebrating his maiden Sevilla goal, earning himself a booking.
Neymar and Suarez lead Barcelona with 13 goals each this season and have scored 20 of Barcelona’s 23 goals since Lionel Messi tore a ligament in his left knee on September 26.
Immobile is now the first Italian to have scored against Real Madrid in the Liga since Giuseppe Rossi in 2008.
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Sevilla had a awful start to its campaign as they won the first match after the first six games but since then the Europa League winners have picked up the pace and won three of the five matches that they played in October.
