Emilio Butragueno says Real Madrid have breathed new life into the Spanish championship. After Real slashed Barcelona's lead at the top of the table to four points, ex-Madrid star Butragueno said: "It has become very interesting for fans and journalists. The League was dead and is now very much alive and there's many matches ahead.

"The league is wide open, really. I did not expect that Barcelona would commit these errors and so many in succession, and that has given rise to Real Madrid getting much closer, a distance that no one thought a month ago."