Carlo Ancelotti admitted his Real Madrid team failed to stick to his game plan in Tuesday night's defeat by Manchester City.
The Los Blancos boss was looking for his side to defend first at the Etihad, but his back four failed to turn up in the Champions League, with his strikers ensuring Real Madrid are still in this tie. Ancelotti was asked if he planned to go at Man City and create an open game and admitted this wasn't something he encouraged his players to do.
"Not really, no [the plan wasn't to attack Gung-Ho]," Ancelotti said after the match. "The plan was to defend better. We started really badly and conceded two goals really early.
