Jude Bellingham admitted that Real Madrid “was nowhere to be found” against Arsenal in the first part of the quarter of the Champions League and has three goals “luck”.
The headlines were exploited by a huge arsenal performance whose followers paid attention The calls of Mikel Arteta to a roaring atmosphere On what turned out to be a memorable night in northern London.
A couple of impressive declan shots Rice Free were created with a smart end of Mikel Merino, by delivering to the gunners a 3-0 advantage Directing to the second stage next Wednesday at Santiago Bernabeu.
Madrid is not yet out of the tie, his pedigree in the first -level European football competition speaks on its own – but it was very clear that the performance levels on the side of Carlo Ancelotti have to climb if they have any chance of winning a 16th Champions league Crown.
“I think we were nowhere, that’s the fact, and the arsenal was really good,” said Bellingham Prime sport Post-Party. “I know two of their goals were free and a good part of the delivery, but, to be sincere, they could have had much more, we were lucky to go out with three.
“But there is a second stretch, this is what we stay.
“(We have) 90 minutes at home to remove something from the bag. They are two large pieces of individual quality and, if not for them, they still had other possibilities. They punished us and this happens in top football.
“In these games, you need to create more. You rarely come to a place like this, score a goal and bring leadership at home. They reacted very well to the transition. We did not do enough with the ball to threaten.
“We are still alive, we have 90 minutes of football and anything can happen in the Bernabeu.”
Bellingham’s words echoed by Ancheotti, who expressed his surprise by Madrid being loaned in such a way.
“The hard defeat obviously. We didn’t expect this,” the Italian tactic said. “The team, for an hour, was good. The two goals were mentally and physically demolished. It was difficult to finish the game because we had no reaction. We usually do it, but the last 30 minutes were very bad.
“We need to be self-critical and think about doing our best to recover.”
