‘San Jose’s mistake is part of football’

Sabin Merino insisted no one at Athletic Bilbao blames Mikel San Jose for his error against Real Madrid. ‘Things like that are part of football.’

San Jose’s errant back-pass allowed Karim Benzema an easy finish to open the scoring at San Mames and Benzema later added a second shortly after Merino had equalised.

“Mistakes are part of football. I’m sure he’ll be recovered in the next game,” Merino said, AS reports.

“Madrid have a lot of quality and the minimum is they’ll score. We put in a lot of work to draw level but they scored again too soon.

“They’re a very strong team, we have to be great to overcome them with intensity. Their quality defines the game, they’re players of great quality and that means a lot.

“We’ve played a lot of games and it’s difficult to be at full intensity in all of them. We have to find a solution.

“I feel like I’m gaining confidence and I’m trying to settle into the team. Goals are always good for confidence.”

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