Real Madrid lost 3-2 to Villarreal on Saturday to concede further ground to Barcelona, as the gap could now increase to 15 points.

According to reports, Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde punched a Villarreal player in the car park after the game.

Villarreal’s Alex Baena was said to have made negative comments about Valverde’s family.

According to ESPN, Valverde confronted Baena in the Bernabeu car park after the game following alleged comments made by the 21-year-old about Valverde’s family earlier this year.

The report further claims Baena said to Valverde ‘cry, because your child won’t be born’ in a previous Copa del Rey game, after the Madrid star’s partner believed she had lost a child during pregnancy. Further tests revealed the baby was healthy.

Following the incidence, Valverde confirmed to Marca that indeed an act of aggression took place, and that he was rather reacting to new comments of a similar nature made during Saturday’s game

Baena however denied  Valverde’s claim, and played the victim after the game.

The Villarreal man tweeted after the game: “Very happy with the impressive victory for the team on a stage like the Santiago Bernabeu, but at the same time very sad about the aggression I suffered after the match.

“[I am] susprised by what is being said about my person. It is totally false that I said [comments about Valverde’s family].”