Real Madrid: Football has been unfair to us, complains Carvajal

Dani Carvajal believes football is being "unfair" to Real Madrid as a home LaLiga defeat to rivals Barcelona left them 12 points off the top of the table.

Madrid out of cup and adrift in league after Clásico losses

After Wednesday's 3-0 Clásico loss to Barça in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, Madrid went down to Ernesto Valverde's men again three days later.

Ivan Rakitic scored the only goal with a delicate dink of a finish over goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois as Barça took a big step towards retaining their league title.

Barça also became the first team ever to win on three consecutive visits to the Santiago Bernabéu as they continue to dominate their rivals in the Clásico.

Madrid, thrashed 5-1 at Camp Nou earlier in the season, had their chances but were wasteful in front of Barça's goal, where Marc-André ter Stegen had few saves to make.

But Carvajal insisted Madrid deserved better than to slip to consecutive home league losses for the first time since January 2018.

Carvajal admits LaLiga chances over after "one of the hardest weeks"

Sergio Ramos conceded Madrid's chances of catching Barcelona are effectively over after dropping points again, and Carvajal also believes his side's league hopes are dead in the water.

"Football has been unfair to us in these two games in which we have had chances to win them or at least not to lose them," the right-back told reporters. "It is one of the hardest weeks. 

"We say goodbye to LaLiga and we were at the gates of the cup final. But now it is time to get back up and fight for the Champions League and the league, though the truth is that the advantage against Barcelona is almost final.

"They have been two very intense Clásicos, even and matched, but they have been more decisive in the penalty areas. We are out of [the] cup and almost no options in the league. The cup game was more open.

"Today Barcelona did not enjoy many chances, in the second half they barely had a shot. We had fewer [today than on Wednesday] because fatigue weighs on the legs. We have not been able to score and take the Clásico.

"We did very well, we had the ball in the first half and moments them in the second, but we have managed to handle the game well."