Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said it "hurt" to lose their long unbeaten run with a 2-1 defeat in Sunday's pulsating top of the La Liga table clash at Sevilla, but promised that his side would bounce back quickly.

Madrid were on top in a fiercely contested and tactically fascinating game after Cristiano Ronaldo calmly converted a penalty mid-way through the first half, until Blancos captain Sergio Ramos headed a late own-goal to equalise, and Sevilla's January loan signing Stevan Jovetic scored a 92nd-minute winner from long range.

The loss ends Madrid's all-time Spanish record run of 40 games unbeaten, but the Bernabeu outfit remain top of the La Liga standings, a point clear of second place Sevilla and with a game in hand.

The Real Madrid coach told his post-match news conference that the way the game ended was tough to take given how well his team had performed for the first 85 minutes of the match.

"We just needed five more minutes," Zidane said. "It's tough to take after the game we played but we have to accept the result.