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Real Madrid  coach Carlo Ancelotti  has criticised his team for their performance against  FC Barcelona. Real Madrid coach Carlo  Ancelotti has praised striker Kylian Mbappe  after his  team's chaotic performance in  their 5-2 defeat  at Barcelona.
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Real Madrid  opened the scoring with Kylian Mbappe's  first goal, but Hansi Flick's Barcelona responded with a devastating  counterattack.
The Catalans  picked up the pace, scoring four goals before the break  through Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski,  Raphinha and Alejandro Balde. They picked up where they left off after the  break, with Raphinha  scoring the second goal to make it  5-1. A glimmer of hope  appeared for Carlo Ancelotti's side when Wojciech Szczęsny  was booked and Rodrygo capitalised on the  resulting free-kick to reduce the  score to  5-2.

A disappointed Ancelotti criticised his  team's defence that night, admitting that their opponents  had played better defensively. He then  praised Mbappe, saying the summer signing was  a bright spot on a dark  cloud.
"You have to defend well to win these  games." Barcelona deserved to win;  "They defended better than  us," said Carlo. "The team is not  in good shape, but  I won't point the finger at anyone. Mbappé had a good game,  maybe he was the only one. He  scored a  goal.
"I won't name  names, but we  weren't good from the first minute and  we didn't do well.

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