Cristiano Ronaldo rallies Real Madrid with two late goals in draw

Isco had Zinedine Zidane’s side out in front eight minutes in, with the Spaniard slotting home after being played through by Mateo Kovacic.

Isco opened the scoring for the hosts in the eighth minute but it went downhill from there as Tana equalised two minutes later. Nobody can stop people from saying what they want.

Zidane’s comments came a day before both teams play important matches in a tight race for the Spanish league title. We’re prepared for it. “We know it’s always hard against Barcelona, and today it wasn’t any different”.

‘We will not give up the fight, this is a marathon, not a sprint and we will get through this.

‘We’re working on putting that right. Maybe the first year you’re in a really tough situation: you don’t know what to do; you’re out of your depth, because you don’t know what’s happening about your future.

“We will not change anything about our philosophy”.

“Everything we are going to do we have to do with 100 per cent concentration to avoid bad results”.

The Welshman pushed Viera to the ground and was punished with a red card.

“It would surprise me if it came from (Lionel) Messi”, Ramos said. I have a spectacular locker room in that sense.

However, a select few of us still get a kick out of finding reasons not to miss a single match, even when it’s so cold that the impressive heating system of the stadium can’t cope with the gelid temperature in our section. That’s one of the hard things about being a coach.

Bale, who has only started 13 league games this season, explained the incident to Real Madrid TV at the end of the game.

Turning thoughts back to Las Palmas, the aim was three points and to entertain the fans. “So I’m happy for him”. They tell me it’s common.

While one was debatable, two of them were most definitely onside… What we do, we do out on the field.

Villarreal head coach Fran Escriba has moved to draw a line under the refereeing controversies that hindered his side in Sunday’s dramatic 3-2 loss to Real Madrid in LaLiga. What matters to me are my players, and they are an example, they are respectful and professional.