Real Madrid were beaten 0-4 by Liverpool in Anfield on Tuesday night, crashing out of the Champions League by a 0-5 aggregate.
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Real Madrid's Gabriel Heinze (R) fights for the ball with Deportivo Coruna's Angel Lafita during their Spanish First Division soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid Jan. 25, 2009 |
"This is football. Nobody escapes here," said Heinze, who thought the blame should be shared equally.
"There are no heroes or villains, because we are all knocked out. We are a group of people and I cannot accept the use of the word 'villain.' We lost and all of us lost. When we win, we all win," he said on the club's official website.
Real Madrid were knocked out of the King's Cup by third tier side Real Union and their European exit means the club now has to focus all of its energy on winning the Primera Liga.
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Real Madrid's Gabriel Heinze (L) tackles Atletico Madrid's Kun Aguero during their Spanish First Division soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid March 7, 2009 |
"There is nothing good about that. We are doing it because there is nothing else to do. Now all we can do is focus on the league and try to win," he said.