Zinedine Zidane complained of Real Madridâs inconsistency after his side lost their unbeaten La Liga record to Real Mallorca and top spot to Barcelona.
Real suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at promoted Mallorca and had full-back Alvaro Odriozola sent off 17 minutes from time.
Lago Juniorâs superb seventh-minute strike â his first in La Liga â settled the contest to cap a thoroughly miserable day for Real.
Barcelona had leapfrogged them earlier on Saturday with a 3-0 win at Eibar and now hold a one-point advantage over Real after nine games.
âThe problem is that every three days we have to prove that weâre a good side,â Real manager Zidane said at his post-match press conference.
âThatâs our problem and itâs what weâre not doing. We need to have more continuity.
âWe did some things well, to be honest. But, in truth, we canât play a game like that. Iâm not going to tell you Iâm concerned, but we need to have more continuity.
âWe need to bring a bit more life to our play if we want to achieve big things this year.â
Although Real had won five and drawn three of their opening eight league games, they have struggled in Europe this season.
Real lost their Champions League opener 3-0 to Paris Saint-Germain before being held 2-2 at home by Belgian outsiders Club Brugge.
Their latest setback came with Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos all sidelined by injury and Eden Hazard missing after his wife gave birth.
Karim Benzema struck the crossbar in the first half but Real were running out of ideas when they were reduced to 10 men by Odriozolaâs second yellow card.
âInjuries are part of football. We had other players and they need to do better,â Zidane said.
âHaving players out is the circumstances we face and we have to overcome that. There are other players, who are good. We need to show that every player has the ability to play here.
âWe didnât play the game we wanted. When we start a game the way we started this one it makes it tough.
âThey scored, then they sat back and we couldnât find the solution. We need to analyse it properly. We canât be happy with the match.â
Real return to Champions League action on Tuesday with a trip to Galatasaray in Turkey.
âWe know what weâre playing for,â Zidane said.
âWe need to play to win because thereâs no other option there. We need to focus on winning on Tuesday.â
Mallorcaâs third win of the season took them out of the relegation zone and in to 14th place.
Goalkeeper Manolo Reina had few serious saves to make, even though Mallorca had to defend for long periods.