Carlo Ancelotti said his Real Madrid team “should be worried” after they were beaten 3-1 at home by AC Milan in the Champions League, in their first game since losing 4-0 to Barcelona in El Clásico. Madrid pushed for an equaliser before Tijani Reijnders increased Milan’s lead on the counter-attack, to make it two losses for Madrid in four Champions League games.
“We should be worried because the team isn’t playing well,” Ancelotti told Movistar. “We have to be more solid, more compact. We’ve conceded a lot of goals.” The defeat leaves Madrid struggling in midtable in the new Champions League phase, while in LaLiga they’re already nine points behind leaders Barca.
Ancelotti’s Words After Real Madrid’s Defeat Against AC Milan
Ancelotti said Madrid’s attack which featured Kylian Mbappé and Vinicius Junior as a front two against Milan isn’t the issue. “We had a lot of chances,” he said. “The problem for me isn’t that. Probably we lacked being clinical, but the main problem we have to fix is how easily our opponents are creating opportunities.
On Saturday, Madrid receives a high-flying, fifth-placed Osasuna in La Liga which has thus far administered leader FC Barcelona its only defeat in the Spanish top flight so far. Because of its win in El Clasico and Madrid’s match with Valencia being postponed last weekend because of tragic flooding in the latter’s region, Barca currently leads its bitter rival by nine points at the summit.
