Zinedine Zidane was very critical of Real Madrid after they lost their unbeaten La Liga record to promoted Real Mallorca with a 1-0 defeat at Son Moix on Saturday.

Barcelona’s 3-0 win at Eibar earlier in the day had relegated Real to second place, and Zidane’s side failed to reclaim top spot as Lago Junior’s seventh-minute strike proved decisive.

“I don’t say that I am worried, because I don’t like that word, but if we want to win something this year we have to step up our game,” the Frenchman said.

“Our problem is that we always have to show that we are good – every three days. And this is proving difficult for us, we are not doing it. We have to have continuity, this is true, because we are up there (in the table) and we did something good as well.

“But the truth is that at times you can have performances like this and, even if I am not going to say that I am worried because I don’t like the word, it is true that we have to find continuity.”