Karim Benzema: 'Real Madrid won't give up'

Karim Benzema insists that Real Madrid will keep fighting on all fronts to win trophies.

By Matt Domm, Reporter | 05 February 2013

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has refused to admit defeat to Barcelona in this season's La Liga, despite going down 1-0 to Granada on Saturday.

The result has left them third, 16 points behind their fierce rivals and even behind Atletico Madrid.

However, Benzema has said that he and his teammates will "fight to the end" to achieve success in other competitions.

"We can play better," Benzema told Marca. "We're disappointed. We have to fight to the end in the league, even though it is very difficult [to win the league].

"We have to stick together. We have the same objective and we're not going to throw in the towel. There's a long way to go.

"We all want to win titles. We are still in the Champions League, which is a special competition, and have the second leg of the cup against Barcelona."

Real face Manchester United in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	33	26	6	1	71	22	49	84
2	Barcelona	33	22	7	4	68	39	29	73
3	Girona Girona	33	22	5	6	69	40	29	71
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	33	20	4	9	62	39	23	64
5	Athletic Bilbao	33	16	10	7	53	33	20	58
6	Real Sociedad	33	13	12	8	46	35	11	51
7	Real Betis Betis	33	12	13	8	41	39	2	49
8	Valencia	33	13	8	12	37	38	-1	47
9	Villarreal	33	12	9	12	54	55	-1	45
10	Getafe	33	10	13	10	41	45	-4	43
11	Osasuna	33	11	6	16	37	49	-12	39
12	Alaves Alaves	33	10	8	15	31	38	-7	38
13	Sevilla	33	9	11	13	42	46	-4	38
14	Las Palmas Las Palmas	33	10	7	16	30	41	-11	37
15	Rayo Vallecano	33	7	13	13	27	42	-15	34
16	Mallorca	33	6	14	13	27	39	-12	32
17	Celta Vigo	33	7	10	16	37	50	-13	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	33	4	14	15	23	46	-23	26
19	Granada	33	4	9	20	36	61	-25	21
R	Almeria	33	1	11	21	32	67	-35	14