Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has explained why Jude Bellingham was substituted in the 2-2draw with Bayern Munich on Tuesday night.
The England international had one of his quieter games at the Allianz Arena as the two European giants played a to an entertaining draw.
Bellingham has scored a few late winners for Real this season, but was taken off by Ancelotti with 15 minutes to go.
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The Italian coach admitted that Bellingham was not at his level best against the Bavarians.
"Jude Bellingham was not at the best level tonight, but the same for the entire team," Ancelotti said, as per Goal.
"Bellingham got cramps after 60 minutes, so I had to substitute him."
Ancelotti went on to critique the team's display after the slow start to the encounter.
“The result is good. He could have done better. Our best moment was at the beginning of the second half, when they scored twice. Bayern are very dangerous. They were at their best, and we weren’t. We have time to improve next week," he added.
“I think we defended with little intensity in the first half. We gave him too much room to control. In the second half, when they took the lead, we started to press more. It looked like we were comfortable, but there was a lack of intensity. We lost a lot of duels.”
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