Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho admitted his players were “deflated” by conceding an equaliser from a corner as they lost 2-1 to Barcelona in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final at the Bernabeu.

REAL MADRID will run out at the Nou Camp tonight to an ear-shattering round of whistles, jeers and insults from a Barcelona crowd sick of Real’s undeniable superiority and their own side’s slide into mediocrity.