Carlo Ancelotti has recognised that he made mistakes that ended up costing Real Madrid in their 4-0 loss against Barcelona in El Clasico on Sunday night.
Real Madrid remain 12 points ahead of their arch-rivals after the defeat, but the Italian was understandably frustrated with the performance his side put in.
"We were not recognisable, everything went wrong. I told the players that [the defeat] was my fault," Ancelotti said during his post-match interview.
One of the more controversial moments of the game came in the 11th minute, when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang did a studs-up challenge that hit the shin of Toni Kroos, yet not even a yellow card was shown. Despite that, Ancelotti didn't want to highlight the incident.
"I don't understand it, but I'm not going into it because I don't want to make excuses. We played very badly and we approached the game very badly," he commented.
"We have time to gather our energy and prepare for the last two months of the season to win trophies. We would have done what we needed to do so far: nine points ahead of [Sevilla in] second and into the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
"I'm very sad about the defeat, I'm sorry for the fans, but I have to be calm."
RawBeen2K20
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Wasn’t your fault bro🤣Xavi is just too good😴
pynmarbz
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it was not a dive, the ball tackled vinicius😂😂
Jamirl
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All Thanks to Xavi Masterclass
Jamirl
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I guess ancelotti underestimate barcelona and he got punished for that greatly, he's just lucky they won 4 goals could have been more than that,switching from your usual formation to an entirely different one?it's not like Madrid doesn't have strikers that could fill in for benzema playing the like of modric on the wing and vini as a center forward 🤷🤷 ancelotti is responsible for the damages caused but barcelona played a very brilliant game they took an opportunity they saw 👌
Mariosuarez2
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I said this some month ago some clueless Madrid kids were abusing me Some of u lack football knowledge 😆 Anceloti is an upgraded pochetino They know nothing about tactics lol banged average coach all they know is pack the bus and hit on the counter Am still predicting Chelsea to qualify over Madrid u can save this post as well
SudipThapa25
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Yes totally Ancelotti's fault because you dont give chance to player like isco,hazard,jovic etc who were worldclass in past if you dont give them time to play how could they show there worth in squad specially when there in injury of main man benzema in squad there were 4/5 player were in the bench who can play centreforward role but you are choosing midfilder to play that role its you stupidity now we have to understand hazard,jovic,isco,bale havent lost their form Ancelotti made them worst its shameful.
madristaforlife/cr7
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Wasn’t your fault bro🤣Xavi is just too good😴
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Xavi was good but it totally was his fault
ABDULFATAI ADESANYA
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I said this some month ago some clueless Madrid kids were abusing me Some of u lack football knowledge 😆 Anceloti is an upgraded pochetino They know nothing about tactics lol banged average coach all they know is pack the bus and hit on the counter Am still predicting Chelsea to qualify over Madrid u can save this post as well
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I'm not among the fans who were blind to have noticed this disastrous coming. I saw it coming right from the time we played against a weakens Barcelona side in the Super Cup yet they were better than Realmadrid in the game and now the same Barcelona team are informed so todays score line wasn't a surprise to me because i saw it coming. Ancelotti has no clear idea of how he wanted a team to become and that's why you see him keep doing one mistake before another
AzmotNH3
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Wasn’t your fault bro🤣Xavi is just too good😴
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really, xavi was too good.
kaman95
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Wasn’t your fault bro🤣Xavi is just too good😴
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U will sack him after our games don’t worry guys 😁.
shanx10
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Wasn’t your fault bro🤣Xavi is just too good😴
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its totally his fault how does he play modric as a false nine which on turn unbalanced the whole team
shevaunie-senior
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Wasn’t your fault bro🤣Xavi is just too good😴
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nope. its his fault. The moment he released that 11. We lost
fuckMFberry
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Yes totally Ancelotti's fault because you dont give chance to player like isco,hazard,jovic etc who were worldclass in past if you dont give them time to play how could they show there worth in squad specially when there in injury of main man benzema in squad there were 4/5 player were in the bench who can play centreforward role but you are choosing midfilder to play that role its you stupidity now we have to understand hazard,jovic,isco,bale havent lost their form Ancelotti made them worst its shameful.
he thought that he became Pep Guardiola 😂😂 using midfielder to attack
Brazil4Everr
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Wasn’t your fault bro🤣Xavi is just too good😴
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It was a bad formation, who executed bad tactics badly. Real was sitting back just like they did against PSG in first leg, he has learned absolutely nothing from it. If there was another man in goal instead of Courtois, it would have ended at least with 7-8 goals.
Mariosuarez2
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After all the 4 goals you still remain in 4th position nd 13th points lead up the madrid fans nd the players
I don’t argue with some with a united badge Conference league team 😆 even below arsenal on the table 😆
aguero_10
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I said this some month ago some clueless Madrid kids were abusing me Some of u lack football knowledge 😆 Anceloti is an upgraded pochetino They know nothing about tactics lol banged average coach all they know is pack the bus and hit on the counter Am still predicting Chelsea to qualify over Madrid u can save this post as well
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His old school “park the bus - hit on the counter” tactic got the better of us in Saudi. Xavi is a tactical coach he came to this game well prepared: emphasized on defensive organization, tactical fouls and played Araujo as RB so Finiscius wouldn't get the better of him. 🔥 With our quality upfront: It was an inevitable win 🔥🔥