Real Madrid lost two points in a 1-1 draw in Osasuna on Saturday in which Jude Bellingham was sent, but remained at the top of the Liga after Atletico Madrid was equaled 1-1 with Celta Vigo.
The Spanish champions took the lead by Kylian Mbappe before the Red England international of referee Bellingham was dissident towards the end of the first half.
Ante Bumimir leveled herself for Osasuna hosts in Place de Pénélée after 58 minutes while Carlo Ancelotti’s team endured a third consecutive league match without victory.
Atletico Madrid, which also played with 10 men after Pablo Barrios was dismissed in the seventh minute, could not capitalize and remain a point behind Los Blancos, but Barcelona could draw the level with Real Madrid S ‘ They beat Rayo Vallecano on Monday.
Bellingham insisted that he expressed his frustration and did not take on the referee.
“I think you can see clearly in the video, I remember very well the incident, it was an expression for me,” he told journalists.
Bellingham thinks that nobody speaks English in Spain and he can insult the one he wants 😭😭😭😭
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“I don’t even go to the referee, but obviously there was a misunderstanding. He thought I told him (something insulting) …
“There was no intention to insult him, there was no insult.”
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said he was satisfied with how his team played despite the drops.
“In a football sense, we started very well, and we finished well despite one less player,” said Ancelotti.
The Italian carried out some rotations with the conflict on the second floor of the Champions League in the middle of the week against Manchester City in mind, with Rodrygo Resting and Brahim Diaz gave a rare start.
LOS BLANCOS has checked the game since deactivation, moving the ball too quickly for OSASUNA to get foot.
Madrid did not have to wait a long time for their first match, with Mbappe shooting at his home from the Fede Valverde cross, his seventh goal in his last five Liga games.
‘Referee was nervous’
The game changed when Bellingham was dismissed in the 39th minute. The English international exchanged words with referee Jose Munue MONTEO, who then looked for his red card.
Ancelotti said Bellingham shouldn’t have been rejected.
“I think that with Bellingham’s red card (the referee) did not understand English well … I do not think that it is something offensive,” Ancelotti told journalists.
“I think the red card came out because the referee was nervous … Bellingham did nothing today to have been sent, absolutely nothing.”
Madrid has complained of Spanish arbitration in recent weeks, the labeling “fake” and they have been more frustrated by Munuera Montero in the second half.
Osasuna got up before the hour brand through Bumimir since the spot after Eduardo Camavonga was late on the Croatian striker.
Bumimir’s penalty was his 13th goal of the season, behind only Robert Lewandowski and Mbappe de Barcelona, out of 17, in the standings.
Mbappe had a last chance in time of time, but the goalkeeper of Osasuna Sergio Herrera rejected his efforts with a strong hand.
After playing for almost an hour with 10 men, Manchester City hopes that this will have consequences on Madrid on Wednesday when the teams meet at Santiago Bernabeu.
‘Gladiators’
The draw for Atletico with Celta was conditioned by the red card of the seventh minute of Barrios for an imprudent tackle on Pablo Duran.
Iago Aspas dismissed Celta in the second period of the penalty, but the Alatico man, the man Alexander Sorloth, saved a point for the Rojiblancos.
“The team again had gladiators, playing 90 minutes with one less player is very difficult,” said Atletico coach Diego Simeone, who was not in disagreement with the decision to reject Barrios.
“It was a red card, it was clear,” he added.
Atletico dug deeply in the first half and frustrated Celta, who had more ball, before biting himself at the level after Aspas’ penalty.
“When we ended up with 10 men, it’s very difficult … The team tried everything,” said the entire Atletico midfielder Koke, in Dazn.
“We defended, we suffered when we had to do it. Obviously, we are still in the fight for the title. »»
Valencia, 17th and fighting against relegation, retaliated to shoot 1-1 in fifth place Villarreal in a derby on the east coast.
