Player ratings as Los Blancos held

Real Madrid misplaced floor on La Liga leaders Barcelona after they had been held to a goalless draw at dwelling to Real Sociedad.

The end result leaves Los Blancos 5 factors adrift of high spot, however Sociedad deserve immense credit score for his or her show.

It was an open sport from the off, which makes the goalless closing rating much more stunning. The first probability fell to Sociedad simply 4 minutes in, however Alexander Sorloth was unable to transform.

Vinicius Junior fired again ten minutes later, beating Igor Zubeldia simply earlier than placing his shot simply inches broad of the publish.

As the primary half wore on, Madrid slowly gained management. They ought to have made that management depend too after forcing a mistake from the Sociedad backline. Karim Benzema raced onto a poor back-pass and arrange Vinicius Junior, however Alex Remiro got here to the guests’ rescue.

The second half adopted a lot the identical sample with Madrid urgent and Sociedad resisting. However, Sociedad got here into the sport within the final 20 minutes.

Takefusa Kubo ought to have performed a lot better with two presentable possibilities, however Thibaut Courtois was as much as the problem each instances.

Madrid pressed for a late winner, however had been unable to search out one on a irritating evening for Carlo Ancelotti’s males.

GK: Thibaut Courtois (8); RB: Nacho Fernandez (7), CB: Eder Militao (8), CB: Antonio Rudiger (6), LB: Eduardo Camavinga (7); CM: Federico Valverde (8), CM: Toni Kroos (8), CM: Daniel Caballos (8); RF: Rodrygo (8), CF: Karim Benzema (7), LF: Vinicius Junior (8)

SUBS: Marco Asensio (6), Luka Modric (6)