To be clear, no one covered themselves in glory in an agonizingly predictable and pitiful performance in the Clasico.
Ronald Koeman was the same old manager devoid of ideas, and incapable of finding a formula to win a big game.
Not a single player was able to impact the match in a positive way when it mattered.
If Sergino Dest had converted his chance, the game certainly heads in a different direction.
If Oscar Mingueza had made the tackle in transition, maybe his side would have lived to make a game of it.
But analyzing this match in tandem with the Atletico Madrid capitulation, a different problem has emerged that has flown under the radar of late.