Carlo Ancelotti slammed his players after they shipped four goals against Catalan minnows Girona just two weeks ahead of meeting Manchester City.
‘Our level was very low. We apologise, the team did not play at all, ’ said the Madrid coach after watching the 4-2 defeat in Girona’s 13,000 stadium.
‘We were bad defensively and that was the key to the defeat,’ he added. ‘We were anxious and we relied on individual play.’
The Madrid coach accepted that supporters will not be happy losing to a team that was playing in Spain’s second tier last season.