Atletico Madrid Coach Quique Sanchez Flores: The Result Against Real Madrid Did Not Justify Our Performance

 Atletico Madrid coach Quique Sanchez Flores reckons that the 2-0 defeat at the hands of Real Madrid on Sunday evening does not do justice to how the match transpired.
Los Colchoneros went two down in the opening twenty minutes but recovered to create a number of chances, only to be denied by the performance of Iker Casillas in the home goal.
Speaking to the media in the wake of the loss, Flores felt that his side deserved more from the outcome, saying, “We have been good, and the result has not done us justice. Two isolated moments have changed the game, but I have nothing to say to my players. All we needed was a goal, and we would have been in the game.
“I have not seen a lack of intensity from my players. We leave the Bernabeu after a very serious game after two early goals, and know that we rebuilt after that moment. We have forcefully demonstrated that we can compete with Real Madrid, even with two goals against.”
Flores also felt that his team should have been awarded a first half penalty when Xabi Alonso appeared to block a Sergio Aguero shot with his hand, adding, “The penalty was clear. We are not having any luck in that aspect, but the referee has been fine.”