Jose Mourinho says he's transformed the culture at Real Madrid - for the better.

The Real coach has come underfire after their first-leg Copa defeat to Barcelona last week.

But he insisted: "We have a five-point cushion over the team everyone regards as the best in the world. When we arrived, the club had the tradition of being eliminated from the Copa del Rey by teams from lower divisions and we won the title last season.

"The team wasn't a top seeder in the Champions League either when we got here and we've just had the best run in the history of the group stage and are top seeders again. We're leaders in La Liga and I don't think we're having problems or that we're doing a bad job."