4 reasons why Real Madrid lost to Levante at the Bernabeu

#2 Inspired form of Oier and mother luck against them

Oier was exceptional on the night

Real Madrid are one of the most dangerous teams from set pieces, possessing some of the most lethal nodders of the ball, which means clubs are always aware of the threat posed by Los Blancos.

Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale are all extremely dangerous in the air, and their aerial abilities came to the fore against Levante.

Despite struggling to create quality chances from open play, Real were dangerous as usual from set-pieces and found ways to gets shots at goal from deadball situations, with Ramos, Casemiro, Mariano and Lucas Vasquez all had chances to put the home side ahead in the match but found themselves cut short by either the goalkeeper or the post.

Oier Olazabal was highly motivated on the day, saving well from a Bale freekick, and as well pulled off exceptional saves from headers by Ramos and Casemiro, before pulling off the most incredible save of the match when he somehow managed to keep out Lucas Vazquez’ shot from a mere three meters out when the Spaniard had seemed destined to score.

Mother luck was also against Real, as the club had two goals ruled out correctly for offside, while the woodwork also came to the rescue of Levante on two occasions, first from a Casemiro header and later from Mariano.

Good fortune is an essential aspect of the game, and Real Madrid found themselves short of that, and this in addition to the inspired goalkeeping of Oier meant that the odds were always against them getting anything away from the match.