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No pressure & no better - don't waste your time watching Real Madrid again this season

If the players at the world's biggest football club can't be bothered, why should you?

Karim Benzema fought bravely against the tide, but Real Madrid put in an eminently unwatchable performance at Leganes in a 1-1 draw on Monday.

Zinedine Zidane’s return was supposed to have reinvigorated Madrid but they are lamely stumbling towards the finish line of a season which seems, at this point, endless.

They are third, 14 points behind leaders Barcelona, nine ahead of Sevilla in fourth, in purgatory until the summer sales begin.

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The fact that they were playing on Monday speaks for itself.