Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid: 5 Talking Points, LaLiga 2018/19

#3. Real spark appears too late

Vinicius Junior made his debut finally

Exhaustion was billed as a factor coming in for both sides in this derby. Real Madrid who had a testing mid-week never looked like scoring. This was the first time that Real Madrid failed to score in successive La Liga matches since 2011. In fact, by half-time, it was Courtois who had more touches than Gareth Bale.

The game did spark for Madrid after the introduction of Vinicius Junior who did his reputation no harm. The teenager though came on only in the 88th minute and in doing so became the first ever player born in 2000 to play a competitive game for Real Madrid.

There was a moment when it seemed the Brazilian was onto something as he scuttled past two Atletico players before being outnumbered by three more Atletico players. Having replaced Benzema, who in turn was whistled off, he seemed to offer more excitement and movement than the veteran French striker.