Xabi Alonso said he wasn't convinced by the referee's explanation for the decision to send off Dean Huijsen in Real Madrid 's 2-1 win at Real Sociedad on Saturday.

Centre-back Huijsen was shown a straight red card in the 32nd minute -- for what referee Jesus Gil interpreted as a last-man challenge on Mikel Oyarzabal -- with Madrid leading 1-0 thanks to Kylian Mbappé' s early goal, leaving the visitors to play with ten men at the Reale Arena.

Arda Güler doubled Madrid's lead before half-time, before Oyarzabal converted a penalty in the 56th minute, to make for a nervous end to the game, as Madrid held on to make it four wins out of four in LaLiga.

"For me, it was a yellow card," Alonso said in his postmatch news conference when asked about Huijsen's foul on Oyarzabal. "[Eder]

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