Ancelotti condemns Barca’s celebrations in Clasico defeat

real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti was unhappy with how barcelonaThe bench celebrated his fourth goal after seeing off his side Beat 4-0 in Clasico on Saturday At the Santiago Bernabéu.

Robert Lewandowski scored twice with Lamin Yamal And Rafinha Barca also found the net to end Madrid’s 42-match unbeaten run in La Liga and move six points ahead of them at the top of the table.

The celebrations after the fourth goal, Raphinha’s 10th of the campaign, spread to the Madrid bench, with Ancelotti confronting Barca coach Hansi Flick. However, Ancelotti said his issue was with the behavior of one of Flick’s assistants.

“(The problem) was with the assistant, not with Flick,” Ancelotti said in his postgame news conference when asked to clarify what had happened. “The way the assistant was celebrating in front of the bench, he was not a gentleman. And Flick agreed with us.”

Asked about the incident at his press conference, Flick said: “I didn’t see it. I just talked to Carlo and it was something… It’s normal in this situation, when you celebrate a goal. Maybe it’s not…we’re too old to be talking about it.”

Madrid have won the last four Clasicos in all competitions and could have equaled Barca’s LaLiga record 43-game unbeaten run if they avoided defeat here.

However, they lost after the break after a goalless first half.

Lewandowski scored twice in three minutes to take his tally to 17 for the campaign in all competitions. Yamal then became the youngest Clasico scorer at the age of 17 and Raphinha completed the defeat.

“Up to the goal, it was an equal game,” Ancelotti said. “We had chances and we could have scored, but we weren’t clinical. When they score, it takes away some of your energy and it becomes another game. They did a lot of damage on the counter.

“I liked the first half, we have to follow that line. We don’t have to throw everything, we just have to forget the last 30 minutes. We can’t give up, we just have to learn. We came out of the last defeat well. competition Atletico Madrid Last season and we have to do the same. I am sure we will perform better.”

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Burley calls Real Madrid’s second-half collapse ‘diabolical’

Craig Burley had a nightmare start to the second half for Real Madrid as they lost 4-0 to Barcelona in El Clasico.

It proved a difficult introduction to the classics. klian mbappeWhose two goals were ruled out for offside and many chances were missed.

In total, Mbappé was caught offside eight times – tied for the most in a LaLiga game in the last 15 seasons – as whitesWho had a total of 12 offside calls, struggled to get behind Barça’s high line.

Ancelotti said of Mbappé’s performance, “We took a risk with his positioning.” “They have a high line and because of the good margin we weren’t able to take advantage of it. They also had three or four chances and didn’t take them when we needed something more.

“The result does not reflect what happened on the pitch. Barça kept going forward and then the confidence that came from that changed the game. We took risks and they are an in-form team who were dangerous on the break. The defeat worried me, “But we have to push ourselves quickly, we have to keep fighting, we won’t be too far away from what we did last season.”

The result capped a remarkable week for Barcelona, ​​coming just four days after their collapse Bayern Munich 4-1 in the Champions League.

Under Flick they have now won 12 out of 14 games in all competitions, but the German coach refused to get excited.

“We have started the journey and we are doing really well,” he said. “As I always say, we have to improve things and we do that, but today was not easy. We keep going with our idea, we have a flow at the moment and we have to keep going.”

“I’ve always said that I’m very happy working for Barça and living at Barcelona. It’s an amazing job, it’s a new part of my life and it feels really good. Today we made a great match and I am very proud of the team and how we play is also very important.

“This will give the players more confidence. The celebration in the dressing room was worth seeing. Now we have a recovery day, so I give the players two days off and then focus on things.” espanyol Next weekend.”