Raul insists there is no panic inside the Real Madrid dressing room, despite last night's 3-2 home defeat by Valencia.

Raul struck both of Real's goals on a night which saw Barcelona defeat Real Valladolid and cut their Liga leadership to four points.

The Real captain said: "No there is no crisis. We are the same as always, with desire and the will to try to maintain the four points advantage, although we know that it is not going to be easy."

Villarreal are now just six points behind Real in third-place and Raul added: "There are many rivals and we've never discarded Villarreal.

"It is the moment of truth. If you lose, it's normal that your leadership is going to be cut because the teams below you are finding good form."