The locker room, sad by the defeat

Gabriel Fernández spoke at the end of the match against Villarreal. The captain catalogued the visitors as "a great team," even though the fixture was evenly-matched. "It has been a very open match in which anyone could have been able to win," he said. In that line, he continued by saying that "both teams have had chances to score."

For his part, Tiago Cardoso Mendes recognized in the mixed zone at the end of the match that he was sad to have been defeated in the Vicente Calderón. "We look at the game, at the rival and today Villareal has been very good and they beat us. We are very sad to have lost at home after so many games without losing, but we look forward because we want to add the largest number of points and we’re already thinking of Bilbao," he said.