Someone has to limit Sergio Ramos' 'freedom' LaLiga Santander - Real Madrid 1 - 0 Espanyol Captain was caught out of position

Sergio Ramos has reinvented the concept of the libero position, he's taken advantage to turn it into complete freedom.

Out of nowhere, he'd appear where you'd expect Modric to be, on the edge of the box, trying to shoot or firing the ball out wide, racing forward on the counter with no limits, staying up aftr each corner for three or four moves until he finally went back.

Several times he was caught out, shockingly for a player of his quality and experience.

Between playing at the limit and going over the limit is a fine line, it's hard to imagine how this attitude and lack of tactical discipline will appear to Julen Lopetegui.

The Real Madrid who played against Espanyol weren't the same as the team that played against Roma on Wednesday, with much more organisation and much less space to play in as Rubi laid traps for Los Blancos.

Yet tactics are what defines a coach, and yet again substitutions could be pivotal to Lopetegui's name.

At 1-0 up with only ten minutes left to play, the former Spain coach replaced attacking playmaker Isco with the more defensive Marcos Llorente, leaving Gareth Bale on the bench in a game he would have relished in the closing stages with his pace against tired legs.

Instead, Lopetegui wanted to protect the team's lead, a decisive call.