Sergio Ramos criticises referee

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos believes that he is the target of referees after picking up his 10th booking of the season at the weekend.

The centre-back was shown a yellow by referee Jesus Gil in the 2-0 win over Granada on Saturday, but the Spaniard is confident that the card will be rescinded.

"I was hoping we'd keep a clean sheet, so that's great news for us," the 27-year-old told reporters.

"But we are going to appeal the card that the referee gave me. It must be easy to give a card to Sergio Ramos! They're going to remove it, I'm sure."

Madrid have kept seven clean sheets in their last seven matches in all competitions.