Sevilla coach Pablo Machin says Real Madrid deserved their 2-0 win on Saturday.
Goals from Casemiro and Luka Modric secured the victory and Machin was full of praise for the capital city side afterwards.
"We must recognise that we've come up against the best Real Madrid side that there has been in recent matches," he said in his post-match press conference.
"I'm disappointed because we competed well in the first half.
"We wore ourselves out with that effort, to get a point from this stadium your goalkeeper has to be outstanding and you have to be clinical and we didn't have that."