Amid the turmoil Real Madrid have experienced over the past week, José Mourinho shut down the speculation linking him with a return to the Spanish capital while describing the club’s situation as a “s...

Real Madrid’s decision to sack Xabi Alonso just over six months into his tenure at the club shocked the world, especially given how his side had seemingly just turned around the results.

Alonso was relieved of his duties as Real Madrid boss earlier in the week having overseen a 3-2 defeat to rivals Barcelona in the Supercopa de Espana last weekend.

Real Madrid is back on its home turf on Saturday and looking to snap out of back-to-back losses with a LaLiga matchup with Levante.

On a day of anger at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid returned to winning ways as they saw off Levante in La Liga.

One of those changes paid off when Marcus Rashford rose to head home an equaliser with 20 minutes remaining, briefly restoring control for the visitors.