Real Madrid 4-0 Alaves: 5 Talking Points

#2 Back to the drawing board for Alaves

What next?

Alaves entered this game on the back of a three-game winning streak. Notably, their last La Liga defeat came at the hands of Barcelona towards the end of last month. However, Abelardo Fernández's side proved to be no match for the mighty Real Madrid, as they were mercilessly pulled apart by Zinedine Zidane's side.

Barring a few excellent chances that they failed to capitalise on, Alaves were expectedly outplayed on the night, and could only muster 11 shots (of which 5 were on target), as compared to Madrid's 29 - Not a bad number of chances considering that they only maintained about 36% possession of the ball throughout the game.

While a win tonight could've taken Alaves to 12th on the La Liga table, this loss won't damage their season much, as they continue to sit on 28 points - 10 whole points away from the tensions of the relegation zone.

In comparison to last season (They finished 9th with 55 points), Alaves haven't been as efficient this season (They're 16th with 28 points from 24 games), and manager Abelardo Fernández will have to take his side back to the drawing board in order to hash out new strategies to hold them in good stead until the end of the season.