Real Madrid suffered their first defeat of the 2023/24 season on Sunday evening, and in truth it had been coming for quite a while.
Madrid had gone behind in three of their five La Liga games heading into the derby at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano, but weren’t able to complete a comeback at the fourth time of asking against inner-city rivals Atletico – losing the game 3-1.
Here are 90min’s takeaways from a disappointing night for Carlo Ancelotti’s side.
Real Madrid were not expecting to head into the 2023/24 season without…