The sinking ship Real Madrid

Real Madrid need to show some very positive signs of life in this matchup. A disappointing loss to Girona on Sunday pushes Real Madrid eight points behind Barcelona in La Liga, and anything less than a win against Tottenham puts the risk of Real not being the top team in Group H in real jeopardy.Something to keep an eye on is Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema against the solid back three of Tottenham. Alderweireld, Sanchez, and Vertonghen are a tough nut to crack for any attack, and seeing how Real Madrid choose to go at them for the second time this month should be fascinating.Real Madrid only managed to equalize with a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty.Madrid’s Karim Benzema was substituted after failing to convert any of his chances.With the Spanish side winning both previous away games against Spurs 1-0, and the English club conceding goals in their last five European games at Wembley, Zinedine Zidane’s team will clearly be confident of taking away three points..