Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini preferred to highlight the good work carried out by his side's defenders after Sunday night's 0-0 draw away to Osasuna.
The draw cost Real Madrid the chance to overtake FC Barcelona at the top of the BBVA Primera Liga. But after a game of few clear cut chances, Pellegrini was happier highlighting the efforts of a Real Madrid back line, which was without the injured Pepe, rather than the lack of effectiveness of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain.
"We were solid in defense and Osasuna hardly created any chances against us. I think that if we had been a bit more relaxed in front of their goal we could have unbalanced the game and taken one of our chances," he said in Monday's edition of Diario AS.
Pellegrini was unwilling to say whether he saw the match as a point gained in a hostile ground, or two points dropped in the race for the Primera Liga title
"It' s neither one thing nor the other. We know this is not an easy ground to come and visit."
"We were not very creative in the first half, but we improved in the second. I think it was a very even game," said the Real Madrid coach./Xinhua/
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