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Real Struggle Ahead Of City Clash

Sun, 16 September 2012 10:33AM

Just days before their Champions League match against Manchester City, Real Madrid have suffered their second defeat of the season, leaving them tenth in La Liga after four games.

A furious Jose Mourinho says he wanted to replace seven players at half time during his side's 1-0 loss to Sevilla and claims "I don't have a team at the moment".

The manager criticised his players after Piotr Trochowski's second-minute goal gave Sevilla a lead, to which the champions failed to respond.

Real are eight points behind rivals Barcelona who won 4-1 at Getafe to retain their 100 percent record.

"I changed only two players at half-time, I wanted to change seven of them," said Mourinho.

"What worries me more than the eight-point difference between us and Barca is that I don't have a team at the moment."

The build up to the match centred on Cristiano Ronaldo after he had claimed he is unhappy in the Spanish capital.

But Mourinho insisted that it was not a factor in Saturday's defeat.

"I don't think it has affected us. We played a similar game at Getafe and against Granada," he said.

"It is more to do with a lack of concentration as a team. I think football is not the top priority for some in their heads at the moment, but I am the coach and so that is my fault."

City, who visit the Bernabeu in their opening Champions League fixture on Tuesday, also struggled at the weekend - managing a 1-1 draw with Stoke.

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