News highlights:
- Madrid go top on head-to-head rule after Sociedad win
- Zidane don’t wants to talk about referees.
Real Madrid are joint leader with Barcelona on the top of la liga table after a 2-1 win on Sunday night.
There were few chances created before half time, apart from a Vinícius effort which was saved comfortably.
Los Blancos started the second half with an attacking focus and soon won a penalty through Diego Llorente’s foul on Vinícius. Up stepped Ramos, who calmly slotted the ball past Remiro to put his team in front.
After the centre-back was forced off with injury, the hosts grew into the game and saw substitute Adnan Januzaj’s strike ruled out for offside.the 50th minutes of the game before Karim Benzema scored the second in the 70th minutes.
Barca defender Gerard Pique that decisions were going Madrid’s way after their 3-0 win over Valencia, in which Rodrigo had a goal ruled out.
Mikel Merino scored in the 83rd minutes to make the game difficult for Zidanes’ men but were able to hang on for the win.
Real Madrid’s coach, Zidane had been forced to defend his team against a suggestion from Barca defender Gerard Pique that decisions were going Madrid’s way after their 3-0 win over Valencia, in which Rodrigo had a goal ruled out.
The French coach faced fresh questions about Madrid’s apparent fortune after three huge decisions went their way against Sociedad.
‘It annoys me that at the end of the day people are only talking about the referees as if we did nothing out on the pitch,’ Zidane told a virtual news conference.
‘But we cannot control what people will say. We win matches on the pitch and that’s what we did today. It was a deserved victory.’
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