Toni Kroos

Alfredo Relaño examines Toni Kroos' recent declarations, in which he reminded Julen Lopetegui that he is a very different kind of player to Casemiro.

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

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

The final whistle blew and the players hugged each other, satisfied with their night's work and safe in the knowledge they had done all that could be asked of them...