"Single handedly cost Madrid the game", "Said it's his day off" - Fans rip into Real Madrid star for 'disasterclass' in 4-2 loss against Girona

Fans have ripped into Eder Militao after his subpar display in Real Madrid's shock 4-2 La Liga loss against Girona earlier today (April 25).

The Brazilian centre-back started alongside Antonio Rudiger at the heart of his team's defense, with Nacho Fernandez playing out of position at left-back. Girona toyed around with Los Blancos' backline for their opening goal.

Militao seemed lethargic when Rodrigo Riquelme played the ball into Ivan Martin's feet in the 12th minute. Martin played a backheel pass to left-back Miguel Gutierrez, whose cross was headed in by an unmarked Valentin Castellanos.

All this while, the former Porto defender did not proactively try to either close down a cross or mark someone in the box. He was directly at fault for Girona and Castellanos' second.

The Argentine forward, on loan from New York City FC, easily shrugged off Militao to gain control of a long ball from Arnau Martinez before drilling his shot past Andriy Lunin. The Brazilian's defending was called into question once again for Castellanos' fourth goal of the game in the 62nd minute.

Militao was rooted to his spot as Castellanos got in front of him to head in a deflected cross from a short corner routine to make it 4-1. After the game, fans trolled the Brazil international for his poor showing at the Estadi Montilivi.

One tweeted:

"Militao said it's his day off 😭😭😭😭😭"

Another added:

"Militao is just a pipe 😂 Single handedly cost Madrid this game. Wonder why Ancelotti thought the fault was from Nacho and Modric 😅"

Castellanos scored two goals in each half to hand Real Madrid their sixth league loss this season. Militao ended the game with a yellow card, won no tackles and lost the only ground duel he contested. He also did not contest a single aerial duel and recorded just one block and interception each.

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Carlo Ancelotti apologizes after Real Madrid's loss against Girona

Real Madrid trail league-leaders Barcelona by 11 points after 31 games, with Barca also having a game in hand. The Catalan giants seemingly have one hand on the La Liga trophy already.

Barcelona recorded back-to-back goalless draws in La Liga against Girona and Getafe before recording a much-needed 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid on April 23. Despite being handed a way back into the title race, Los Blancos faltered against Girona.

Carlo Ancelotti apologized after his team's loss in Catalonia and said, via @MadridXtra on Twitter:

"The team you've seen tonight... we're not like this. We're sorry."

Despite keeping just 28% possession, the Blanquivermells took two more shots (5) than the visitors (3). More than anything, Real Madrid paid the price for a number of individual errors, especially in defense.