Real Madrid were booed off as they slumped to a shock 2-0 defeat at home to Celta Vigo in a match they ended with nine men.
Celta were within the bottom-half of La Liga ahead of their trip to the Bernabeu on Sunday night and and not using a league win over Real Madrid in 22 games.
But Williot Swedberg’s second-half brace sealed Celta’s first victory over Madrid since May 2014 and increased the pressure on manager Alonso.
Real Madrid have now won just certainly one of their last five league games and can slip to 3rd in La Liga if Villarreal win their game in hand.
On a galling night for Real Madrid and Alonso, they lost Fran Garcia and Alvaro Carreras to red cards because the hosts imploded on the Bernabeu.
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Much was expected of Alonso after the previous Real Madrid midfielder was appointed as Carlo Ancelotti’s substitute over the summer.
The Liverpool hero had spent three years answerable for Bayer Leverkusen, leading the German club to a rare Bundesliga title in 2023-24.
Real Madrid made a shiny begin to the season but Los Blancos have won just two of their last seven games in all competitions, slipping 4 points behind La Liga leaders and arch-rivals Barcelona.
A disappointing defeat to Celta Vigo didn’t come at one of the best possible time as Alonso revealed earlier within the week that he had held talks with club president Florentino Perez concerning the club’s dip in form.
Real Madrid’s stuttering form will once more be put under the highlight on Wednesday night once they welcome Premier League giants Manchester City to the Bernabeu.
Spanish outlet AS say that Champions League clash is seen as a ‘crucial test’ for Real Madrid and Alonso as they don’t expect the shock Celta Vigo loss to affect his ‘immediate future’ within the job.
Talking to the press after the Celta defeat, Alonso said: ‘We’re all indignant, evidently this was not the sport we wanted, it was not the result we wanted.
‘We now have to attempt to turn the page as quickly as possible. It’s only three points.
‘We now have the Champions League game against City to react in, and get this bad taste out of our mouths.’
Asked if his job was on the road ahead of Real Madrid’s clash with Man City, Alonso added: ‘We’re playing for 3 Champions League points, that’s it.
‘We’re in a very good position [in the Champions League], that’s what’s at stake. We would like to perform well and play higher than we did today.
‘We’re all united, knowing that that is football, in fact. We now have to look forward. The demand we all know what it’s, the defeats hurt lots, but you may have to look forward.
‘It’s the responsibility of all of this, together we must assume to do things well. We all know that the points that go are necessary, but not decisive.’
Manchester City warmed up for his or her Champions League encounter with Real Madrid by beating Sunderland 3-0 on the Etihad Stadium.
Three successive league wins has seen Pep Guardiola’s side climb to second within the Premier League, just two points behind leaders Arsenal.
Man City lost 6-3 on aggregate to Real Madrid in last season’s Champions League and Guardiola hopes his team ‘play like who we’re’ this time around.
‘It’s never a simple place,’ former Barcelona manager Guardiola said.
‘We missed a possibility against Leverkusen to be close but we’re going to do our game and we now have three options to get the points we want to go there [the knockout phase].
‘It’s one other competition. Hopefully we are able to play like we’re. At all times I wish once you go to play on the massive stages is play like who we’re.’
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