adminMADRID. — Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insists he is responsible for the European champions’ back-to-back defeats as they look to return to winning ways when Malaga visit the Santiago Bernabeu today. Madrid hadn’t lost in 40 matches in all competitions stretching back nine months until conceding twice to lose 2-1 at Sevilla last weekend, and followed that up with a shock defeat by the same scoreline at home to Celta Vigo in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final on Wednesday.
Fixtures
Today: Espanyol v Granada (2pm), Real Madrid v Malaga (5:15pm), Alaves v Leganes (7:30pm), Villarreal v Valencia (9:45pm).
Tomorrow: Osasuna v Sevilla (1pm), Athletic Bilbao v Atletico Madrid (5:15pm), Real Betis v Sporting Gijon, Real Sociedad v Celta Vigo (7:30pm), Eibar v Barcelona (9:45pm). — AFP.
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