Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric
Laporte admits they expected a much
stronger Real Madrid side to arrive at
San Memes on Saturday.
Carlo Ancelotti's side suffered
a league defeat to Athletic for the first
time since 2010 as Aritz Aduriz netted the only goal of the game.
And 20-year-old France Under 21 stopper Laporte, who watched on
from the stands, said he was surprised at Madrid's lackluster
performance.
"It is true that we were expecting a tougher Real Madrid," he told
Telefoot .
"Real Madrid remains a great team. They have great players, but they
were a little below their usual level. It happens in football
sometimes."
Toni Kroos failed with nine passes in the game, more than in any
other game he's played for Madrid in all competitions, while Cristiano
Ronaldo has now failed to get a shot on target in half of his last eight
Liga matches.
And Ancelotti admitted his side's recent problems were down to his
misfiring attack.
"Our problem is mostly to do with attacking, we are not finding the
same attacking solutions as we did previously," he said.
"That is the problem that we need to fix. We are lacking a little
effectiveness up front."
The result means Madrid have taken just 26 games to match last
season's total of five Liga defeats. source: goal |
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