On this day 11 years ago, Jose Mourinho saw his staggering 150-game unbeaten home league record come to a crashing halt as Sporting Gijon stunned Real Madrid and forced the Portuguese icon to concede a La Liga title triumph was "virtually impossible".
Miguel de las Cuevas scored the only goal of the game with the visitors' only shot on target as the Cristiano Ronaldo-less hosts failed to preserve Mourinho's historic run. Prior to Gijon's 2011 upset, the 'Special One' hadn't tasted a home league defeat since his nine-man Porto were humbled 3-2 by Portuguese minnows SC Beira-Mar on 23 February 2002, nine years previous.
At the time, not only was the La Liga loss to Gijon a record-ended one, but it saw Los Blancos suffer a significant setback. With title rivals Barcelona having beaten Villarreal, Mourinho's Madrid found themselves eight points adrift of their fierce rivals with only eight matches remaining.
