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Marco Asensio insists Real Madrid’s more experienced players should shoulder the blame for the club’s poor start to the season.

The 22-year-old has struggled for consistency this season and has found himself in and out of the side as a result, but he insists his more experienced team-mates should be the ones to shoulder the responsibility.

“It is not for me to lead from the front, there are other players that have been at the club for longer, they are more experienced, have a higher status and it is down to them,” Asensio told Marca.

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The Spanish giants won only one of their five games in all competitions in October, with the 5-1 Clasico defeat to Barcelona the final nail in the coffin for manager Julen Lopetegui.

Asensio feels Lopetegui was unfortunate to be dismissed, and insisted the boss lacked the luck he needed to succeed at the Bernabeu.

“Football has been unjust with Lopetegui, during key moments we haven't been clinical or had luck, I don't know how to call it,” he said.

“It was a difficult situation for him due to what happened with the national team, and he lacked luck. Still he has a long career ahead and he will have his fair share of luck.”

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Lopetegui was dismissed as Spain boss on the eve of the World Cup after he withheld the news that he was taking the reins at Real Madrid after the tournament following Zinedine Zidane’s exit.

Castilla coach Santiago Solari was placed in temporary charge following Lopetegui’s sacking, and his since been handed the job on a permanent basis after winning his first four games as first team boss.

Asensio said of Solari’s appointment: “The results have been better [since he took charge] and football is like that. He is our coach now and we will give him our best, we need to be strong as we have always been in order to get the victories.”