Zidane says Modric should shoot more often

We had many chances and didn’t score, but in the end, we won and got the three points.

It was Modric’s first La Liga goal this season and just his second goal overall.

Modric has struggled with fitness at times this term but is now in decent shape and able to do the things that Zinedine Zidane wants him to.

“It bothers me a lot [the result] because of the effort that the team put in”, Sandoval said.

“The coach told me [before the game] I should shoot more”.

That goal cancelled out a first-half strike from Karim Benzema, and Madrid were on the ropes for much of the contest against a Granada team who will surely escape the relegation zone if they continue to play in the same manner.

But still after 45 minutes we couldn’t talk of how good the match was, after Real Madrid scored the goal they tried to keep the ball in their possession as long as possible. I’m going to focus on the victory today. You have to fight to the end. It was late and Madrid seemed to be staring yet another disappointing away draw in the face as the clock neared 90 minutes at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes.

Barcelona equalled a club record of 28 games unbeaten to move three points clear at the top of La Liga with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Levante on Sunday.

“They’ve come from destroying other teams and we made it hard for them”.

“In attack we should score more goals”, Zidane said. “You will have difficulties in games, we know that can happen away from home”.

Madrid hosts Athletic Bilbao next week before its UEFA Champions League campaign resumes against Roma, and Zidane says it is fully prepared for the last 16. The Merengues would weather the early storm however and go ahead after 30 minutes thanks to some excellent work from Dani Carvajal down the right flank.