Karanka, Mourinho’s puppet: ‘There were 80,000 people at the stadium, but if it is us who mention the referees anything can happen. There is little left; all that matters. The Real Madrid squad is united and looking forward to it. We have chances to win the title and we want to play to the end’
Karanka: ‘Everyone sees what happens and Real Madrid just want referees to let us do our thing. I was booked tonight for talking to the fourth assistant referee. We can’t do anything about that. That’s the situation we’re in. We have faith in our work and in the club. The greater the adversity, the taller we stand’
Casillas: ‘People can judge the referee’s performance from what they saw on TV. We don’t comment on that. We have to think about the derby. The lead we had has been reduced, but we shouldn’t cry about it. We have a large lead, but it isn’t definitive’
Albiol: ‘There were a few controversial moments in tonight’s match, such as a penalty on Ronaldo. The referee didn’t give his best performance and the crowd was angry at him. This week will be tough. We expect Atletico Madrid to be aggressive and motivated to win.
Arbeloa: ‘Valencia gave a good performance. They devised a slow match and the referee didn’t help, which makes us despair somewhat’
Xabi Alonso: ‘Real Madrid expected to take three points tonight, mainly because we played at our stadium, but there’s nothing we can do about it now. We have the La Liga lead and, regardless of how large it used to be, we must move on’