Real Madrid welcomes Girona to the Santiago Bernabeu, looking to keep pace with La Liga title rivals Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. Both Los Blancos' title rivals won yesterday, pushing them down to third in the standings.

Valverde the full-back There is almost nothing that Fede Valverde cant do. The Uruguayan is a renowned world-class midfielder but, on Wednesday agains

Real Madrid cannot afford to keep dropping points in LaLiga if they want to stay in contention in their title defence after failing to win their last three games, manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Saturday.