Carlos Bacca has grabbed a brace as Real Madrid suffered their second La Liga loss of the week and lost ground in the title race with a 2-1 defeat at fifth-placed Sevilla on Wednesday in the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.
Madrid started brightly against Sevilla with Karim Benzema threatening Andalusia defence before Cristiano Ronaldo’s 14th-minute free kick put them ahead after wrong-footing keeper Antonio Beto.
The visitors missed glorious chances, which included Ronaldo hitting the post before the break.
But in the second half, Sevilla came out strongly with Bacca equalized the parity before he added his second to give the hosts 3 points of the day.
The Result sees Real Madrid dropped down to 3rd place in La Liga table ,they are three points behind leaders Atletico, who defeated Granada 1-0, and two below Barcelona, who beat Celta Vigo 3-0, with eight games to play.
“In one sense the defeat could be deserved because we didn’t prepare well for the counter-attack which Sevilla had and they scored two goals.” Carlo Ancelotti said after the Match.
“We conceded two goals in the same way on the counter-attack when we needed more balance.
“We need to concentrate on our own games, it is true we have lost two games in a row and that is not good at this point in the season.
“We need to believe that we can win it still. We are three points behind Atletico and two behind Barcelona, everything is still possible.”
MATCH FACTS
Sevilla:Bastos Pimparel ,Andújar Moreno,Moreno,Mbia,Pareja,Fazio,Reyes (Navarro Corbacho – 76′ ), Iborra , Bacca (Gameiro – 83′ ),Rakitic,Marin(Machín Pérez – 71′ )
Subs:Varas Herrera,Navarro Corbacho,Trochowski,Samperio Bustara, Gameiro,Machín Pérez, Mendonca dos Santos.
Real Madrid: López,Carvajal,Marcelo,Alonso,Pepe,Varane, Illarramendi (Isco – 67′ ),Modric (Morata – 90′ ),Benzema,Bale, Ronaldo.
Subs:Casillas,Fábio Coentrão,Casemiro,Nacho,Morata,Isco,Vázquez Iglesias.
Referee: José Luis González González
Attendance: 38,100
Source: Sokkaa