
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 facet 5 minutes into the second interval.
Nevertheless, 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 facet’s potential gameplan for the sport (as per Madrid Xtra).
“We’ll play a unique sport vs Arsenal. They’ll assault extra.”
It is pertinent to notice that, like Los Blancos, the Gunners are additionally second of their league. Mikel Arteta’s facet 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 sport in hand.
What occurred the final time Actual Madrid visited Arsenal?

Actual Madrid will not have notably glad reminiscences 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 per 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 objectives 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 facet would go on to succeed in the ultimate, the place they opened the scoring on the Stade de France, Paris, towards Barcelona earlier than taking place 2-1.
It stays Arsenal’s finest 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.