Actual Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti shared a sneak peek of his gameplan for the upcoming UEFA Champions League conflict with Arsenal after shedding 2-1 at house to Valencia in La Liga on Saturday (April 5).
The guests drew first blood on the Santiago Bernabeu, with Mouctar Diakhaby placing Los Ches in entrance after quarter-hour. Los Blancos, although, hit again after the break, with Vinicius Junior restoring parity for his aspect 5 minutes into the second interval.
Nonetheless, in a dramatic finish to the sport, Hugo Duro bagged a Ninety fifth-minute winner to stun the Bernabeu, doubtlessly leaving Los Blancos trailing leaders Barcelona by six factors on the finish of the weekend.
There’s little time to dwell on the loss, although, as Madrid flip their consideration to their UEFA Champions League quarter-final first-leg journey to the Emirates on Tuesday (April 8). Ancelotti stated about his aspect’s potential gameplan for the sport (as per Madrid Xtra).
“We’ll play a special recreation vs Arsenal. They are going to assault extra.”
It is pertinent to notice that, like Los Blancos, the Gunners are additionally second of their league. Mikel Arteta’s aspect dropped factors in a 1-1 Premier League draw at Everton on the weekend regardless of opening the scoring. They’re now 11 factors adrift of runaway leaders Liverpool, who’ve a recreation in hand.
What occurred the final time Actual Madrid visited Arsenal?
Actual Madrid will not have significantly completely satisfied recollections from their final conflict with Arsenal. Of their solely earlier assembly within the UEFA Champions League – within the 2005-06 Spherical of 16 – Los Blancos drew goalless in north London to get knocked out.
Within the first leg on the Santiago Bernabeu every week in the past, Thierry Henry’s second-half strike had proved to be the distinction between the 2 sides, leaving Madrid needing to attain two unanswered targets within the return to undergo.
As issues transpired, the 2 sides performed out a goalless stalemate on the Gunners’ then house of Highbury. Arsene Wenger’s aspect would go on to succeed in the ultimate, the place they opened the scoring on the Stade de France, Paris, towards Barcelona earlier than happening 2-1.
It stays Arsenal‘s greatest run within the competitors. In the meantime, Los Blancos have gained the Champions League six instances since then, together with a historic three-peat between 2016 and 2018. Their final success within the competitors – in 2024 – got here as part of a La Liga-Champions League double.