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Alfredo Relaño looks back on Real Madrid's latest defeat, to Alavés, another blow for Julen Lopetegui's team who have not scored in four matches.

Real Madrid have now gone three games without scoring, and the fans are up in arms. It's no surprise...

The game began with a colossal error from Toni Kroos, who sloppily knocked a ball back towards his own area

Tonight, Real Madrid play in Moscow, a city which, in my generation's collective consciousness, has traditionally held an aura of mystery..

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses a hard-fought Madrid derby, and the effect Leo Messi had on the Barcelona - Athletic match, after starting on the bench.

I watched the Barça game with an ardent fan of the Catalan side Xabier Fortes and his initial annoyance of the evening came when Valverde's men took to the pitch in Butarque wearing their fluorescent yellow away kit