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Real Madrid coach Zidane snaps back over ref bias claims

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane hit out at critics after their 2-1 win over Real Sociedad.

Sergio Ramos converted a penalty and Karim Benzema fired in a right-footed strike, before Mikel Merino pulled one back late for the hosts.

Yet it was a goal that was disallowed that will be a talking point in the days to come, as an Adnan Januzaj strike was taken off the scoreboard for Real Sociedad for offside.

"I haven't seen the incidents, but I've been told there's a penalty on Vinicius and that Karim's goal is legal," Zidane said afterwards.

"I don't go into controversy because there's a referee who is appointed for that.

"I only want to think about our deserved win.

"It annoys me that we just end up talking about the referees and it's as if we've done nothing on the pitch.

"We're not going to control what is said.

"We win on the pitch and that's what we did today.

"It's a deserved win."

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