Becks and Gravesen see red as Real lose at home

ENGLAND captain David Beckham and Thomas Gravesen were both sent off as Real Madrid slipped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Valencia last night.

Rubén Baraja opened the scoring for Valencia on 21 minutes and though Raul equalised 14 minutes later, the visitors were back in front before the break thanks to David Villa’s strike.

Beckham was dismissed three minutes from time for applauding referee Arturo Dauden Ibañez’s decision to book him. Sound familiar? Real, instead of going top, are now third in the table, two points behind Getafe.