Real Madrid

Iker Casillas was very honest in today's press conference. The goalkeeper asked the fans to forgive the team for yesterday's match and said the squad is excited about the possibility of winning the league title.

"I want to apologise to the fans, but I also want them to know we will never give up. We are excited about winning the league for us and for them. This is a strong team and I'm sure we will make Madridistas happy. People will regard this as a typical populist speech, but that's not so. I'm truly saying what I feel."

"We have to move on. The team seems sad to me. The easy thing to do would be to give up. We are all disappointed, team, Club and fans alike, but we want to get over this by winning the league title. We want to forget about what happened with a victory against Valladolid."

"We will never give up. We are excited about winning La Liga. I'd like the fans to know we are going to fight for it and that we are still the same team that grabbed leadership by turning the score around against Sevilla. It would make me very happy as a Madridista to win La Liga. When you've won more league titles than Champions Leagues you miss what you don't have. It's like having a girlfriend; you want to be free when you have one, but once you are, you want to have a girlfriend again."

"I hope we had played as well as we performed against Sevilla in the second half. We were calmer when we drew the overall score, but we were nonetheless still nervous because we knew it would be hard to make a comeback if they scored a goal. I'm sure we will continue to improve in the next few weeks."

"Pellegrini has the support of all the players. It's easy to make him the target, but we are the ones to blame."