Zinedine Zidane: “we’re missing Ronaldo”.

REAL Madrid go into their Champions League quarter-final with Monaco tonight on the back of two defeats which have rocked the reigning Spanish champions.

An extra-time defeat to Real Zaragoza in the Spanish Cup final was a surprise but when the famous white shirts crashed 4-2 to Athletic Bilbao in the league on Saturday, it was the first time this season they had lost two consecutive matches.

However Zinedine Zidane, who has recently been unable to lift the team in his normal fashion, dismissed suggestions that a team who have won the Champions League twice in the past four years were a diminished force as they prepare for the visit of Didier Deschamps' side.