Ancelotti, however, clarified that he was mad at Barcelona’s assistant coach and not their manager, Hansi Flick
By Kehinde Okeowo
Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti has explained why he got furious after La Liga rivals, Barcelona annihilated his side in Saturday’s El Clasico clash.
Robert Lewandowski scored twice during the encounter, as Barcelona opened up a six-point cushion at the top of the Spanish league following a 4-0 defeat of Real Madrid.
During the game, Ancelotti clashed with Barcelona’s technical crew after taking exceptions to how the visitors celebrated their fourth goal scored by Raphinha.
He was seen having a word with Barca boss, Hansi Flick after the incident and later at full time.
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When asked to shed light on the incident, Ancelotti explained that “something happened with the assistant, not with Flick”.
“He wasn’t a gentleman when celebrating the goal towards our bench. Flick agreed with us and that’s it.” he added.
Also speaking on the incident, Flick said, “I have spoken to Carlo.
“We celebrated the goal and it is a normal situation, perhaps there was something that was not right.”