One Real Madrid star completed 58/58 passes in Atlético draw | OneFootball

A remarkable statistic, surrounding the excellence of one member of the midfield ranks at Real Madrid, has come to the fore on Sunday evening.

This comes owing to his efforts in the club’s latest outing.

Carlo Ancelotti’s troops marked their return to action a short time ago, making the short trip across the Spanish capital for a showdown with city rivals Atlético Madrid.

When all was said and done at the Wanda Metropolitano, the spoils were shared between the sides, after Éder Militão’s opener was cancelled out deep into injury time by Ángel Correa.

En route to as much, despite their eventual dropped points, a number of Real Madrid’s stars impressed, amid a solid team display from Ancelotti’s troops.

One such player came in the form of Luka Modrić, who rolled back the years to conjure up another superb display in the middle of the park.

In fact, incredibly, over the course of the 90 minutes in the derby, the Croatian veteran did not misplace a single pass.

As per statisticians SofaScore, each and every one of Modrić’s 58 passes against Atlético found the feet of a Real teammate.

Conor Laird – GSFN