Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos believes that he is the target of referees after picking up his 10th booking of the season at the weekend.

The centre-back was shown a yellow by referee Jesus Gil in the 2-0 win over Granada on Saturday, but the Spaniard is confident that the card will be rescinded.

"I was hoping we'd keep a clean sheet, so that's great news for us," the 27-year-old told reporters.

"But we are going to appeal the card that the referee gave me. It must be easy to give a card to Sergio Ramos! They're going to remove it, I'm sure."

Madrid have kept seven clean sheets in their last seven matches in all competitions.