Zidane 'very proud' of Real Madrid

Zinedine Zidane said he was not disappointed with his Real Madrid team despite having to come from behind to earn a laboured draw away to Real Betis on Sunday.

Madrid fell behind to a sumptuous volley from Alvaro Cejudo early on at Estadio Benito Villamarin and struggled to create chances despite controlling possession.

The visitors eventually restored parity 19 minutes from time, with James Rodriguez latching on to Toni Kroos' throughball to set up Karim Benzema for the equaliser.

Betis goalkeeper Antonio Adan produced a trio of late saves to deny his former club the three points, but the French coach enjoyed seeing his team push for a winner right up until the final whistle.

"No I'm not disappointed, we are going to continue with our line of work, we are on a good path," Zidane said.

"You have to take the positives - we lost two points and that's the negative - but we think this can be taken forward and we can fight for La Liga until the end.

"The good thing is that I saw an improvement late in the game, in the second half. We now have finished our third week together and we are going to keep working.

"I am very proud of what we did tonight, we are just missing the two points."

Next up for Madrid is the visit of Espanyol to the Santiago Bernabeu in La Liga on Sunday.

Lucas (CL) is congratulated by Cristiano Ronaldo after scoring during the Spanish league football match. Photo: AFP