Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso refused to be drawn on comments from Lamine Yamal ahead of the Clásico, after the Barcelona star joked that Madrid "rob and complain."

Yamal was speaking in a YouTube interview promoting Gerard Piqué's Kings League -- where he now president of a team -- and made the comments when asked if a league rival behaved similarly to Madrid.

Madrid go into Sunday's match at the Santiago Bernabéu two points clear of Barça, with nine games played.

"It's an important enough game," Alonso said in a news conference on Saturday when asked about Yamal. "It has a lot of ingredients... The important thing is what happens on the pitch, and what we have ahead of us tomorrow, and how we want to play. That's what most concerns me."

Barça assistant coach Marcus Sorg -- spe

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