Real Madrid attempted to push for a winning goal late on in El Clasico, although one of their moves was controversial since Luis Suarez was injured on the ground at the time.
Sergio Ramos has confirmed that, based on knowing the Uruguayan, he wasn’t going to put the ball out, a decision which didn’t go down too well with the Camp Nou crowd.
“Knowing Luis Suarez, I made clear that we wouldn’t put the ball out of play,” he explained in his post-match press conference.
“We aren’t here to educate anyone, I have enough with my three children at home.
“That’s the referee’s job.
“We wanted to win at that moment.”
With the decision to play on clearly causing fury amongst the Blaugrana fans and players alike, the situation threatened to descend into chaos.
Jordi Alba launched himself into a challenge, whilst Paulinho was then incredibly aggressive when getting very close to the face of a rather bemused Lucas Vazquez.
“They haven’t won the league because of referees, they have done extremely well and are deserved winners,” he admitted.
Even Marcelo would then weigh in on the controversy surrounding Suarez’s apparent injury, with the Brazilian equally unconvinced that the former Liverpool goal-scorer was actually in real distress.
“We knew that Suarez’s injury wasn’t serious,” he confirmed.
“That’s why we didn’t put the ball out of play.
“Not because we didn’t want to.”
In the end, Real Madrid didn’t get a third goal and the game finished 2-2.
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