Ancelotti: Real Madrid are playing poorly(sport)

The Italian says he must take all the blame for
the fact that Los Blancos "have trouble in
attack", and is promising to turn things around as
soon as possible
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti openly
admitted that his side are in a period of poor
form after Saturday's 1-0 loss at Athletic Bilbao.
Los Blancos were held to a 1-1 draw at home to
Villarreal and their defeat at San Mames means
that Barcelona can displace them at the top of
La Liga with a win over Rayo Vallecano at Camp
Nou on Sunday.
Gareth Bale went desperately close to cancelling
out Aritz Aduriz's headed opener for Athletic
when his long-range cross-cum-shot struck the
post but, for the most part, Madrid struggled to
break their Basque opponents down.
Indeed, Ancelotti was the first to admit that
Madrid, who have scored 75 goals in La Liga this
season but just one in their last two games, are
not at the top of their game right now.
"I think we pushed hard in the second half and
we were attacking all the time," the Blancos
boss told reporters.
"The team has a problem in that we need to
have a clearer idea of what we're doing in
attack.
"We don't circulate the ball fast enough and the
strikers are not getting any chances.
"It's weird to say that Real Madrid have troubles
in attack because we have scored many goals
but it's true.
"My team is playing poorly and I have to take all
the responsibility.
"But I will not give up because the league is
complicated and it is not finished. We will work
hard to turn things around."
Madrid next face Schalke in the Champions
League on Tuesday before resuming their Liga
title challenge at home to Levante on Sunday.