Carlo Ancelotti: We played very badly

Updated On: 13 October, 2022 08:21 AM IST | Warsaw | AFP

Despite a brave Rudiger header which took Madrid into Champions League knockouts, boss Ancelotti criticises his team’s performance against Shakhtar

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Madrid’s Antonio Rudiger (left) scores a header before colliding with Shakhtar’s goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin on Tuesday. Pic/Getty Images

Real Madrid reached the Champions League last 16 with a last-gasp 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in Warsaw on Tuesday. Antonio Rudiger scored a brave header deep in stoppage time to equalise and earn the reigning champions passage to the knock-out rounds.

Real scare

The Ukrainian side impressed and took the lead through Oleksandr Zubkov early in the second half. It seemed like Madrid were poised to lose their first match of the season across all competitions, but Rudiger headed home from Toni Kroos’s cross in the fifth minute of five added on, colliding heads with goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin in the process. Rudiger left the pitch covered in blood, and the Shakhtar goalkeeper had to see out the final seconds with a bandage wrapped round his head.

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