Real Madrid 2-2 Club Brugge: 3 Reasons why Los Blancos could only secure a point | UEFA Champions League 2019/20 

Real Madrid's Champions League campaign took another wrong turn as they drew 2-2 with Club Brugge at the Santiago Bernabeu.

After losing 3-0 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first game, the pressure was on Los Blancos to get back to winning ways. However, it was the Belgian side who had the say in the first half. Emmanuel Dennis gave his side the lead with a scuffed finish inside the first 10 minutes.

Thibaut Courtois did not cover himself in glory either, but the unpredictability of the finish left him with no chance. Dennis then doubled the lead before half-time with a great finish.

The home side looked shambolic at half-time, and another grim result looked to be on the cards. Zinedine Zidane made two changes at the interval as Courtois was taken off along with Nacho. Alphonso Areola and Marcelo replaced the duo.

Madrid started the second half brightly, and pulled one back through their captain. Sergio Ramos headed in from Karim Benzema's cross to make it 2-1.

Another headed goal brought the equaliser when Casemiro made it 2-2 in the closing stages. Real pushed for a winner, but Brugge had the best chance to make it 3-2 in the dying seconds.

Brugge's captain Ruud Vormer received a red card in the final few minutes, and Real got their equaliser from the subsequent free-kick. It was an entertaining game, and here are the three major factors which impacted the result.

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#3 Despite taking 27 shots, Real struggle to create offensively

Simon Mignolet was great in goal for Brugge

Real Madrid took 27 shots in the game, compared to just seven from their opponents. They had the ball for the majority of the game and had seven efforts on target. Despite the huge volume of shots, few of them were of great quality.

Both the goals were headers, and one of them came from a set-piece. Aside from crosses from the wings, they failed to create much. Brugge were quick to close the spaces and Real could not take shots of great quality. Real faced this difficulty against Sevilla and Atletico Madrid. It is a problem which Zidane will need to address in the coming games.

#2 Brugge punish sloppy Real on the counter

Brugge took advantage on the counter-attack

Real Madrid dominated the ball in a predictable fashion in the game. The Los Blancos had 74% possession in the game. They completed 699 passes compared to just 258 from the away side. Club Brugge knew that they had to maximise the opportunities on the counter, and they did just that.

Percy Tau took advantage of Dani Carvajal's advanced position and ran in behind him into space. He played in Dennis for the opening goal who was in acres of space in the box. For the second goal, Dennis took advantage of a terrible pass from Luka Modric to race through on goal. He was off-balance but managed to manufacture a lifted finish to make it 2-0.

Like Modric for the first goal, other Real players were guilty of giving the ball away in their own half. Brugge did not punish them on those occasions, but the damage had already been done.

#3 Eden Hazard is far from his best

Hazard failed to impress against Brugge

It's still early days, but Eden Hazard's Real Madrid career has not gotten off to a great start. The Belgian was unfit at the beginning of the season and made his debut against Levante last month. Since then, he has started all but one of Real's games.

In those games, the Belgian has failed to contribute directly towards any goal. Against Brugge Hazard had minimal impact in the first half. He was wide out on the left flank and failed to cause any problems to the Brugge goal. Arguably Hazard was too passive and did not drift centrally.

He improved in the second half, but not by a great distance. Hazard lost the ball seven times in the game and did not complete any of his three dribbles. Real Madrid need their Galactico signing to improve greatly in the coming weeks.