Gareth Bale and Luka Modric are injured and will miss Real Madrid's Champions League clash against Atletico on Wednesday night, but that is not an excuse for a bad result for Los Blancos.
The teams have met seven times and Madrid have not beaten their local rivals once yet, this season.
And four of those seven times, both Modric and Bale played, but Madrid still ended up losing twice and drawing twice.
Carlo Ancelotti knows this and his comments before the game about the injury crisis show that the coach understands that the problem he has against Atletico isn't about squad numbers.