Atlético Madrid players celebrated their 1-0 win against Real Madrid at the Bernabéu last night.

Antoine Griezmann’s 53rd-minute goal made Atlético the first team in history to win three successive league games away to Real and left the home side with a virtually impossible task to take the title.

After his first defeat as Real manager, Zidane talked about the need for his players to be “professional”. The words appeared telling; there was the hint here that he did not think they had been.

At full time, there were whistles of protests from some fans at the Bernabéu, and chants for the president, Florentino Pérez, to resign – 10 years to the day since the last time he walked out with the original galáctico project collapsing around him. A decade on, he faces the prospect of another failure. “Losing to Atlético hurts,” Zidane admitted.