Honestly with the type of midfielder that real Madrid lined up today I am not surprised that they lost. Yes it understandable that they coach is also trying to have a solid team for their match against Athletico Madrid in the mid week but going by how solid Real betis has been lately I will say that they underrated then too much and they paid fge costly price.
The league is still very opened and with inconsistency here and there between the top three team, the league is very open for anyone.
Bellingham and Valverde were not in the squad . And that is why we did not see a good performance from madrid's midfield. Luka modrich did not play well in this match. modrich does not have the ability to perform well regularly from the Starting XI anymore . It is foolish to expect too much from Modrich.
even without Jude Bellingham, they were supposed to do better than scoring first and allowing real Betis to equalize and even come back to winning the game. they were dominating the game and had an excellent combination that led to the first goal. upfront and even the midfield worked really well as though Jude was even in the game, we all know that Jude Bellingham would have made a difference but then, sometimes Madrid defense can be really porous allowing opponent score some really annoying goals from set piece.
well, from the way the two goals they conceded came, one from a free header and the other from the penalty spot, you wouldn't point the blame on any aspect of the game knowing that things like this happens on a normal. we just have to give some credit to Anthony with regards how things seem to have changed for the team since he joined them. he was everywhere and made a serious impact in the game. as for Barca, they are certainly going top of the table after the game against real Sociedad.