Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has blamed his players for giving away a 3-2 home defeat to Valencia on Sunday. The Primera Liga leaders conceded a late goal by Javier Arizmendi, who left Fabio Cannavaro on his backside before cleverly beating Iker Casillas from an almost impossible angle. "Today was much harder to accept, but it's just how football goes. This defeat wasn't necessary, but we have to move on," said the German after the game. "Lately we've really been paying the price for mistakes. I didn't like anything at all about the third goal. I had warned my players. We were too naive to think about them and only cared about scoring our third. "I told them we needed to maintain the draw and not risk it because we could be left with nothing. That was the turning point. We shouldn't have risked it." Unfortunately for Schuster and Co., Barcelona registered a thumping 4-1 victory over Valladolid to cut the gap with Real to four points. Arizemndi scored Valencia's winner
