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Manchester City carried out greater than us and deserved to win: Real Madrid supervisor Carlo Ancelotti

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By India Today Sports Desk: Real Madrid supervisor Carlo Ancelotti said that Manchester City carried out greater than his workforce on Wednesday and deserved to win the semi-final tie to setup a summit battle in direction of Inter Milan inside the UEFA Champions League.

The current holders of the UCL title have been confirmed the exit door on the Etihad stadium as a rampant City aspect obtained the second leg 4-0, due to a brace from Bernardo Silva and targets from Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez.

City obtained the semi-final tie 5-1 on combination to avenge their defeat closing yr inside the opponents to Ancelotti’s males on the same stage.

Speaking after the match, as quoted by Reuters, Ancelotti admitted that Guardiola’s workforce carried out greater than Los Blancos and deserved to win. The Real Madrid boss said that City utilized early pressure and after they went 2-0 down it was troublesome to come back again once more into the game, no matter their most interesting efforts inside the second half.

“They played better than us and deserved to win,” Ancelotti suggested reporters.

“They put a lot of pressure at the beginning, it worked out well for them because they made it very difficult for us to get the ball in play and they went two goals ahead.”

“From then on, it was difficult to get back into the game. We tried in the second half… but it didn’t work out.”

While Ancelotti admitted that the defeat was a painful one, the Real Madrid supervisor said it could not make sense to do a quick evaluation as to what went flawed in the meanwhile.

“Evaluating today, at this moment, makes no sense,” Ancelotti said.

“It is a defeat that hurts, it hurts a lot. But it can happen. We reached the semi-finals of the Champions League against a strong opponent, they played better and left us without a final. We have to learn and for the next season, to be better.”

Ancelotti felt that Real Madrid have had an excellent season to date, no matter missing out on the Champions League remaining. He felt that reaching the ultimate 4 stage of the UCL is profitable for his aspect.

“I think it was a good season. We have to show up in the few games we have ahead of us,” Ancelotti said.

“I think that reaching a Champions League semi-final is a success because only four teams make it to the last four.”