Real Madrid's victory over Real Betis on Sunday was an undeserved one, according to the home side's coach Quique Setien.
Against a Real Madrid side full of changes due to injury, Los Verdiblancos were beaten 2-1 thanks to a late freekick from their former player Dani Ceballos.
The Betis boss was, nonetheless, happy with the performance of his players in defeat, one he insisted wasn't merited.
"We did well in the game," he told reporters.
"We started brightly, although we made some major mistakes which left to situations which caused the goals.
"In the second half, we controlled things and were dominant aside from a few specific moments.
"We lacked a little bit of precision in the final third to maybe get something more, but we deserved a draw.
"We did lot of things well, but then we lost the match undeservedly."
Although Los Blancos' use of a three-man defence caught by many by surprise and seemed to catch Betis on the hop, the man in charge claimed this wasn't the case.
"After seeing their line-up, we had to change some things but we didn't have too many problems in dealing with things," he added.
"I think my team controlled the situation well and the fact that Real Madrid came out with five defenders had them retreating a lot, which is what we expected."
Realmadridforlife555
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You said it before the game Setien,,, Madrid cannot play well but they will win games and its exactly what happened last night, your team played well but Madrid is always Madrid
Edoo87
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agree
smartjuo
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Madrid could not play as always because of the line-up they had, but I do not believe in fair or not fair. Here Madrid won because he knew how to take advantage of their opportunities, and now. Madrid played well against Villarreal and took 2 goals. If your team does not know how to score goals or materialize possession in DANGER, there is something they are doing wrong. A lot of possession and zero shots of DANGER.
Grancegad
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Enough is being done without overflow or goal. To keep fighting. regards
unclein
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setien first time 66 percent a shot at goal and lack, your speech is very seen no longer sneaks, never deserves to lose ..pathetic!
particles
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Losing on Thursday can be criminal. It is going to mess small as we go out of the cup.
Jackeven
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The first time, Madrid could leave with two or three goals in favor.
Fedora
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For what Betis proposes and the squad that has, I miss it is not higher.
BillClifelly
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If I had won, how would the movie have changed, me? I take my hat off because it was a great match.
KGlove
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I really liked Betis, it was not won but he proposed more than a Real Madrid.
Brandonjick
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It must hurt that he won the technical game Solari.
Rusdemnp
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Goals does win games don’t forget