Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondent
Actual Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was sad with how Barcelona’s bench celebrated their fourth purpose after seeing his aspect crushed 4-0 in Saturday’s Clásico on the Santiago Bernabéu.
Robert Lewandowski scored twice, with Lamine Yamal and Raphinha additionally discovering the online as Barça ended Madrid’s 42-game unbeaten streak in LaLiga and moved six factors away from them on the prime of the desk.
The celebrations after the fourth purpose, Raphinha’s tenth of the marketing campaign, spilled in entrance of the Madrid bench with Ancelotti confronting Barça coach Hansi Flick. Ancelotti, although, mentioned his situation was with the behaviour of one among Flick’s assistants.
“[The problem] was with the assistant, not with Flick,” Ancelotti mentioned in his post-game information convention when requested to clear up what had occurred on the touchline.
“The assistant was not a gentleman with the best way he celebrated in entrance of bench. And Flick agreed with us.”
Requested in regards to the incident in his information convention, Flick mentioned: “I did not see it. I simply spoke with Carlo and it was one thing … it is regular on this scenario, if you have fun a purpose perhaps it isn’t … we’re sufficiently old to talk about that.”
Madrid had received the final 4 Clásicos in all competitions and avoiding defeat right here would have seen them match Barça’s LaLiga report 43-game unbeaten streak.
Nevertheless, following a goalless first half, they collapsed after the break.
Lewandowski scored twice in three minutes to take his tally to 17 for the marketing campaign in all competitions. Then Yamal, changing into the youngest ever Clásico scorer at 17, and Raphinha accomplished the rout.
“Till the purpose it was a good sport,” Ancelotti mentioned. “We had probabilities and will have scored, however we weren’t scientific.
“Once they rating, it saps some power from you and it turns into one other sport. They did plenty of injury on the counter.
“I preferred the primary half, we now have to comply with that line. We do not have to throw every little thing away, we simply must neglect the final half-hour. We will not hand over, we simply must be taught.
“We got here out of the final defeat properly in opposition to Atlético Madrid final season and we now have to do the identical. I’m sure we are going to do higher.”
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It proved a troublesome introduction to the Clásico for Kylian Mbappé, who had two targets dominated out for offside and missed a slew of probabilities.
In complete, Mbappé was caught offside eight instances — tied for many in a LaLiga sport within the final 15 seasons — as Los Blancos, who had 12 offsides in complete, struggled to get in behind Barça’s excessive line.
“We took dangers together with his place,” Ancelotti added of Mbappé’s efficiency. “They’ve a excessive line and because of high quality margins we now have not been in a position to reap the benefits of it.
“He has additionally had three or 4 probabilities and has not taken them once we want slightly extra.
“The end result does not replicate what occurred on pitch. Barça go forward after which the arrogance that got here from that modified the sport. We took dangers they usually’re a group in kind who have been harmful on the break.
“The defeat worries me however we now have to choose ourselves up shortly.
“Now we have to maintain combating. We’re not going to be that distant this season from what we did final season.”
The end result capped a exceptional week for Barça, coming simply 4 days after they demolished Bayern Munich 4-1 within the Champions League.
Beneath Flick they’ve now received 12 out of 14 video games in all competitions, however the German coach refused to get carried away.
“We begin the journey and we’re doing rather well,” he mentioned. “Like I all the time say, we now have to make issues higher and we do it additionally, however at the moment was not simple.
“We hold going with our concept, we now have a circulation in the mean time and we now have to maintain going.
“I’ve all the time mentioned I am actually completely satisfied to work for Barça and in addition to reside in Barcelona. It is a tremendous job, it is a new a part of my life and it feels actually good.
“Right this moment we made a incredible match and I am actually proud in regards to the group. And the way we play is essential as properly.
“This can give the gamers extra confidence. The celebration within the dressing room was good to see. Now we now have a restoration day, then I give the gamers two days off and after the main focus is on Espanyol subsequent weekend.”
