Champions League: Shakhtar 2-0 Real Madrid - Miners cruise again, 'I'm not going to resign' - Zidane

Real Madrid's Champions League hopes are hanging in the balance after they lost 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, leaving their fate in reaching the knockout stages out of their hands heading into the final round of matches.

Champions League: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Real Madrid. Photo: @realmadriden

The 13-times European Cup winners went behind in the 57th minute when Shakthar substitute Dentinho capitalised on a lapse in concentration from defender Raphael Varane to score. Israeli forward Manor Solomon then wrapped up the home side's shock win over the Spanish champions in the 82nd with a solo run on the counter and finish into the bottom corner.

Dentinho came on in the first half to replace striker Junior Moraes, who was injured after being hauled down by Varane in a bid to prevent the forward racing towards goal unchallenged.

Shakhtar, who beat Madrid 3-2 away in October, are second in Group B on seven points, level with Zinedine Zidane's Real side but ahead due to their superior head-to-head record.

Full-Time: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Real Madrid ⬇

🏁 FT: @FCShakhtar_eng 2-0 @realmadriden
⚽ Dentinho 57', Solomon 82' #Emirates | #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/ED5ErXqcIL

— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) December 1, 2020

Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane brushed off talk about his future after Los Blancos' 2-0 Champions League defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk, saying: "I'm not going to resign".

UCL 2020/21 Group B: Shakhtar Donetsk are second ⬇

Now it looks better 🧡

In the @ChampionsLeague group stage closing round, we will play against Inter in Milan on December 9th.#ShakhtarRealMadrid #UCL pic.twitter.com/wg87z3xqq9

— FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) December 1, 2020

Question: What are your thoughts on the defeat? Has resigning gone through your head?

Zidane: “No. I’m not going to resign. And we’re going to carry on. In the first half, we played well. It would have been a different game if we’d got the first goal. Their goal did us a lot of damage, because we were playing well. We had two or three chances, and hit the post. It didn’t want to go in.” as

UCL 2020/21: Shakhtar Donetsk beat Real Madrid again ⬇

😍 THIS IS A 2-0 WIN! ⚒ SHAKHTAR AGAIN BEAT REAL IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE! 🧡

🔥 WE. MADE. THIS. AGAIN. 🔥

👏🏻 Bravo, team! #UCL #ShakhtarRealMadrid @ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/3w95qvCyyf

— FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) December 1, 2020