Zinedine Zidane hails Real Madrid’s squad strength

With a man-advantage, Las Palmas would eventually go 3-1 up, via goals from Viera, with a penalty and Kevin Prince-Boateng.

Real Madrid looked set to return to the top when Francisco “Isco” Alarcon scored in the eighth minute.

The game really did change just minutes into the second half, as Real lost a key man in the form of Bale, to a red card.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Keylor Navas were subjected to boos during Real Madrid’s unconvincing draw with Las Palmas on Wednesday, which saw them knocked off the top of the table. He was issued with two yellow cards and left his team to play nearly all of the second period with 10 men.

When asked about the race for the La Liga title, Zidane said that it has been thrown wide open in recent weeks as he asked his side to fight till the end.

“To be completely honest I have no idea whether it is a usual for a referee to leave a stadium with club bags”, he said.

Sporting, which could have left the relegation zone with a victory, got its lone goal from Carlos Castro in the 21st.

“Bale is old enough to know if he has made a mistake or not”.

“Villarreal president Fernando Roig has publicly complained about spotting refs with Real Madrid bags after the Spanish giants came from behind to beat Villarreal 3-2 on Sunday”.

But instead, Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique opted to take this moment to announce that he would be quitting Barcelona at the end-of-the-season. Tomorrow we’re going to play again and we’re prepared, apart from the injured players’.

Besides his goals, Ronaldo cut a subdued figure against Las Palmas and struggled to make much of an impact until the closing stages.

Real Madrid have only four games to play before their trip to Dublin later this month.

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique thinks Real Madrid is being helped by the referees. We got a goal and we let them back into it.

‘It is a hard, measured and well thought out decision, and I think I have to be loyal to what I think.