La Liga 2017/18: Deportivo Alaves 1-2 Real Madrid, 5 Talking Points

#5 The records continue to tumble for Zidane's side

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'Real Madrid's win may have papered over the cracks', would be the opinion of many a Madrid pundit, and while there is merit to that school of thought, one needs to remember just how many first-team regulars Madrid are without at the moment. Zinedine Zidane's eery calm simply will not allow his players to panic even when the chips are down as his charges proved tonight.

Madrid put in plenty of effort as their fluidity deserted them today, with plenty of graft ensuring that they managed to come away from the Mendizorrotza with all three points.

The records continued to tumble, as Real Madrid made it 33 consecutive games scoring away from home, the longest in Liga history. Another away record came Madrid's way, as they equalled Barcelona's record of the most consecutive away wins set in the 2010/11 season with their 12th consecutive win on the road.

Crisis, what crisis?

Zidane has the longest ever:Liga winning runEuropean scoring runLiga scoring run [away]Liga winning run [away]Spanish undefeated run pic.twitter.com/AY7JXvbeAF

— Real Madrid Stats (@RMadrid_Stats) September 23, 2017