Ancelotti complains about attitude of Madrid players in Rayo loss
The Real Madrid coach said his players could not match the home team's attitude
Carlo Ancelotti complained about the attitude of his Real Madrid players as they were beaten 3-2 by Rayo Vallecano on Monday.
Madrid tasted defeat for the first time in LaLiga this season to leave them two points behind new leaders Barcelona with one game to go before the World Cup break.
"e weren't convincing in the individual duels," Ancelotti said after the loss.
"When you can't match the attitude, quality alone can't win you the game. We lost a lot of balls and we suffered with their pressing. It was a bad night.
"In terms of quality we dropped off a bit. Rodrygo and Vinicius missed some chances that they'd usually score. It wasn't a good game. (Marco) Asensio did well, but the others weren't as good as usual."
"We lacked some freshness, but that's normal after so many games. If we evaluate this first part of the season, we've done well.
"We lost today and the defeat bothers us, but we're doing well in the league and we're in the Champions League round of 16. We need to finish well against Cadiz and then we need to rest."
