Los blancos lose further ground in title race after another
defeat.Real madrid never hit top gear and were left to rue there
mediocrity as benat etxebeirra's shot from the edge of the box proved
decisive.The match started tentatively with both sides content with
retaining possession rather than carving out goal scoring chances.Sami
khedira missed a golden chance after ronaldo's fine pass found him
unmarked but he failed to hit the target when he clearly should have
done better.Ozil and di maria were guilty of misplacing too much
passes and it was the latter's poor clearance that found Benat who in
turn shrugged off khedira with virtually no effort before unleashing
an unstoppable shot into the bottom corner.Mesut ozil was having a
dreadful night and was withdrawn at halftime together with khedira as
kaka and modric came on board.Ronaldo shot straight into the wall from
a 20 yard freekick and also failed get onto an inviting cross from
arbeloa,he however hit the target with a long range freekick which was
properly dealt with by the oppositon goalkeeper.Pepe wasnt having his
best night also,giving away futile free kicks and adjudging wrongly in
the air.If not for the hosts profligacy,the could have been well over
before the hour mark.Madrid pressed hard for an equaliser but came up
against a dogged and irrepressible betis defence as they held on to
record a memorable victory.Madrid still sit third but could find
themselve well behind if barca and atletico madrid record a win over
there respective opponents.
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