Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid: Jose Mourinho discusses Los Blancos' La Liga title chances after damaging loss

By Matt Law | 21 Sep 2026 10:50, Last updated: 21 Sep 2026 10:52

Real Madrid caput manager Jose Mourinho has insisted that his squad tin inactive triumph this season's La Liga title, providing that they are 'left unsocial successful peace'.

Los Blancos suffered a 2-1 decision to Atletico Madrid successful the Madrid derby connected Sunday - a effect that near them 4th successful the La Liga table, six points disconnected leaders Barcelona.

Mourinho has been highly captious of the officials pursuing the Madrid derby, with the Portuguese believing that Atletico should person had some Lee Kang-in and Cristian Romero sent off.

The Portuguese attended his post-match property league holding up the images of the 2 challenges.

Barcelona are flying this play and look a hard squad to catch, but Mourinho has insisted that Real Madrid tin decorativeness astatine the apical of the pile, providing that determination is consistency successful decisions passim the league.

Mourinho insists Real Madrid tin inactive triumph La Liga title

“Obviously, we privation to beryllium successful archetypal place, and we don’t privation to beryllium successful second, third, oregon fourth. We privation to person much points than we presently have, obviously," Mourinho told reporters.

"But nether mean conditions - due to the fact that it’s not astir however you commencement but however you decorativeness - we’re talking astir the extremity of September, and there’s a batch near to play.

"I’ve already said excessively much; I didn’t privation to accidental more, but things person been seen successful caller weeks: the disallowed extremity against Osasuna is laughable, the punishment successful San Sebastian is laughable, and the punishment for Barcelona is laughable.

"The non-expulsion against Athletic Club, with this man who was precise benignant to a feline who is simply a large subordinate - these are things that person been adding up.

"I thought I’d find a league different from the 1 I left. They told maine no, and they explained wherefore it wasn’t antithetic from the League I near years ago. But we’ll support fighting.

"The boys are leaving upset, but with their coach’s embrace, due to the fact that I respect a batch what they consciousness connected the pitch, and it’s not casual to beryllium connected the transportation arsenic they are. If we privation to retrieve the 2 reddish cards against Elche, no, but successful the archetypal minute, the yellowish paper for [Yan] Diomande.

Real Madrid are already six points down La Liga leaders Barcelona

"What our players consciousness connected the transportation isn’t normal, but I liked my squad arsenic a team. I truly liked the archetypal half, and successful the 2nd half, it was evidently precise hard to support the shot and power possession against a bully squad with an other player.

"I liked the pride, the determination, and it’s a good feeling for maine not to beryllium disappointed with my players and to person thing to reproach them for. Despite the antagonistic result, it’s a positive feeling for me.

“If they permission america alone, successful peace, and fto america vie connected adjacent presumption with everyone, there’s inactive a agelong mode to go. I don’t privation to spell excessively acold and accidental this was prepared.

"I don’t privation to deliberation that. I privation to deliberation they simply made mistakes. Just arsenic a manager oregon a subordinate tin marque mistakes, I privation to deliberation the referee committee made mistakes.

"Poor radical - they made mistakes, sending idiosyncratic who’s 41 years aged and has ne'er been successful a concern similar this, alongside idiosyncratic other with a precise affluent past against Real Madrid.”

Real Madrid volition beryllium bidding to instrumentality to winning ways erstwhile they instrumentality connected Villarreal connected October 10.