No Problem With Real Madrid's Form - Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti is sticking to his guns about Real Madrid's current form, despite their poor run of results in early 2015. In his opinion, the team are not tired and their form has not dipped. There are just "a few small problems" which will "soon be fixed". The Italian remains positive, focusing on his team's performance in the first half of their game against Atlético at the Bernabéu.


The Italian analysed his team's last sixteen Spanish Cup tie against Atlético: "If I'm being self-critical, we played some good football and controlled the game across both ties, but we paid dearly for our mistakes and that cost us a place in the next round. We're saddened because we wanted to successfully defend our title, but we have to look forward now. I don't think we looked poor during the first half against Atlético. We played the type of good football very few teams can boast. We're still competing on two fronts and we have to learn from our past mistakes. We have to focus on the league and if possible extend our lead at the top".

Ancelotti explained why he thinks they are having a poor start to the year: "I don't think we've played that well in January. We haven't played that badly either, but we've paid dearly for some of our mistakes. However, I don't see a problem with our form or attitude. We've just had a few small problems and we plan to fix those over the next couple of games".