Real Madrid 2-2 Sevilla: 5 hits and flops as late own goal salvages a point for holders | La Liga 2020-21

Flop: Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)

Vinicius Junior missed a great chance to score for Real Madrid

Vinicius Junior, who was without a goal in nine league games, was given the chance to shine for Real Madrid. However, he wasted a huge opportunity in the second-half, making Zidane fall flat on his face.

The Brazilian, whose finishing continues to be highly inconsistent, failed to get a shot away from a free-kick inside the area with only Yassine Bounou to beat. He'd be left mulling what might have been had he just buried that chance.

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Hit: Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)

Kroos was the man of the match for Real Madrid!

It's almost impossible to imagine where Real Madrid would've been this season without Toni Kroos, who had a stormer in midfield once again. Well, some may attribute that late goal to Hazard, but there's no denying the German's involvement.

🔎 | FOCUSToni Kroos registered 117 touches and completed 104 passes vs Sevilla - no other player on the pitch registered more than 80 touches, or completed more than 58 passes.He was also the only player to create a big chance.Midfield maestro. 💫#RealMadridSevillaFC pic.twitter.com/tRpV9LcOEb

— SofaScore (@SofaScoreINT) May 9, 2021

He was a wellspring of everything good coming from the holders; the chief passer of the ball in the final third, having also created two big chances, the first of which Vinicius clumsily ended up wasting. Kroos got his redemption with the assist for Asensio's goal.

It's a shame that despite such a colossal impact on the game, his side couldn't win.

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Flop: The match official

The referee's decision to give that a handball has sparked yet more debate

If you were the video assistant referee, would you have considered that a handball and given Sevilla a penalty? In most cases, the answer would've been no, as Militao was in full motion at the time and his contact with the ball wasn't deliberate.

📸 - Benzema receives a penalty but it’s turned around due to an earlier handball from Militao so now it’s SEVILLA who receive a penalty!The script you thought that couldn’t be written! pic.twitter.com/0RmzwZwjY6

— 𝐀𝐅𝐂 𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐗 💎 (@TheEuropeanLad) May 9, 2021

Yet the game's referee thought otherwise and penalized the Brazilian for that. We've seen incidents like this before, in La Liga and beyond, while many of them ended up with match officials not seeing that as a penalty.

If anything, tonight was another reminder of why there needs to be a clear handball rule, as even VAR isn't helping in such controversial moments.