Sid Lowe

It was very interesting seeing Rayo kind of shift through phases.

A phase in the first half where they were hoping to sit deep, rob the ball and run.

And then the second half, they started to use the ball.

And Madrid really and truly couldn't get to that ball very often.

They had a couple of chances, Madrid, as you say, that opportunity for Mbappé.

I think, by the way, the answer to Shaq's question about what's the goalkeeper doing, I think there's a moment in which he realises, hang on, if I commit a foul here, I'm off.

And he just gets out of the way.

I don't want anything to do with this.

I am keeping well out of here.

I'm not running the risk of him diving over me and getting me a red card or him bumping into me and getting a red card.

And then, of course, once they went down to 10 men, it was much, much harder for Ryan and Madrid, I felt, who were slightly chaotic.

when they chase the game.

But as Alvaro Arbeloa says, at least he'll feel that there was a degree of heart and a degree of soul and a degree of attitude about them.

But really and truly, it wasn't a good performance.

And the reaction in Spain has been, and I'm pretty sure will be over the next 12 or 24 hours, that this is a Real Madrid team that still needs a huge amount of work doing to it.

Yeah, as you say, not 100%.

I think that percentage is way, way under 100.

It really is.

And it was interesting, actually, Abel, post-game, because I think his message was he was trying to say the right things, but so little of what he said really convinced.

And he talked about how, had it not been for the fans, we wouldn't have found a way back into this.