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Topics: Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Champions League, Football, Mikel Arteta, Carlo Ancelotti
Luke Davies
Topics: Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Champions League, Football, Mikel Arteta, Carlo Ancelotti
Jude Bellingham slammed Real Madrid’s performance after their 3-0 loss against Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Emirates on Tuesday evening.
Bellingham, 21, failed to make a positive impact against Arsenal on Tuesday evening and even appeared to disagree with something Carlo Ancelotti said during the game.
Madrid will have to defy the odds during next Wednesday’s second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, something even Ancelotti, 65, admitted was unlikely during his post-match press conference.
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Between now and then there will, no doubt, be some choice words exchanged between Madrid’s players and staff.
And Bellingham gave a brutally honest interview after last night’s fixture.
“I think we were nowhere near it, that’s the fact, and Arsenal were really good,” Bellingham said when speaking on Prime Sport. “I know two of their goals were free-kicks and really good individual bits of delivery but to be honest they could have had way more, we were lucky to get away with three.
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“But there is a second leg, that’s the thing we’re holding on to. We’re going to need something unbelievably special, something crazy really, but if there’s one place where crazy things can happen it’s our house.”
Despite his side having a three-goal advantage heading into the second leg, Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta was not getting carried away after his side’s performance.
"We need to go there and we're going to have to step up again and prepare the game to win it," Arteta said.
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"It's another step in the right direction as a team. We have the capacity to do it and we have to go to Bernabeu and replicate what we have done tonight."
Arsenal return to Premier League action on Saturday 12 April, they will host Brentford at the Emirates. As for Madrid, they return to La Liga action on Sunday 13 April when they travel to face Alaves.
Madrid could still win a treble as they are second in the Spanish top flight, they have already qualified for the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona, although overturning Arsenal's three-goal advantage could prove a step too far.