RESULT IS DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT, SAYS ZIDANE

Dortmund, Sept. 28: Zinedine Zidane admitted he was frustrated at Real Madrid’s third straight draw after Andre Schuerrle’s late equaliser ensured a 2- 2 stalemate at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Real’s serene run since Zidane took charge in January has hit a minor slump in the past week as Real dropped points against Villarreal and Las Palmas to snap a 16- game winning streak in La Liga.

“The shame is it is three games in a row now which we have drawn,” said Real coach Zidane.

“The players played a geat match, the result is a difficult one to accept, because we deserved a bit more, but it’s not a bad result.

“I think in the first half we suffered a bit, because they pressed a lot and we knew it is a difficult place to come and play against a good team.

the second half, following in to score after Karim Benzema’s attempt had hit both the post and bar.

But there was to be no first win in Dortmund for Real as substitute Schuerrle rifled a shot into the roof of the net after a Christian Pulisic cross fell to him on the edge of the

box.

Madrid have won just four times in 30 away games against German clubs but this result still leaves them in control of Group F.

In the other game in the section, first- half goals by Bryan Ruiz and Bas Dost gave Sporting a 2- 0 victory against Legia Warsaw in Portugal.

Leicester have maximum points after two matches in Group G after edging out two- time European champions Porto at the King Power Stadium.

Algerian striker Slimani, a club record £ 28 million ($ 36.3 million, 32.3 million euros) summer signing from Sporting, struck on 25 minutes, heading past Iker Casillas from a Riyad Mahrez cross.

Tottenham bounced back from a 2- 1 defeat to Monaco in their Group E opener by beating CSKA 1- 0 in Moscow to claim three points. Meanwhile, 2015 runners- up Juventus notched their first win in Group H, ruthlessly dispatching Dinamo Zagreb 40 in Croatia.