Sid Lowe

And, you know, kind of expressing that idea that we've seen so many times in the Champions League, you know, those big comebacks from Real Madrid, that there's a moment in which the whole kind of place comes alight and there's this roar that carries Real Madrid forward.

And while it is true that, of course, there was a determination from the fans from Madrid to keep going in those last seven or eight minutes, but it really wasn't the case of them being carried along by the fans.

I completely agree with Xhaka that the immense majority of the game, there was frustration showed rather than support.

And yes, there was a little bit of, come on, come on, let's go and do this in those last 10 minutes.

It really wasn't particularly convincing.

And I thought actually that in the end, the way that Real Madrid won it, and I should point this out, by the way, when the board went up with nine minutes on it, I was at the Bernabeu sitting with Alex Kirkland and the two of us kind of looked at each other and we said, so how do you think they're going to get the winning goal?

And we decided it was either going to be a Gonzalo García header or a Kylian Mbappé penalty.

And it turned out to be the latter of the two options.

Well, I would say after the game that they didn't yet know the extent of that injury.

I think as you both rightly said there in the studio, you know, when a player pulls up like that, it's a hamstring tear.

So if you take from that the basis that even if it's only a one or one and a half centimetre tear, we're talking about at least three, maybe four weeks out.

So the likelihood won't be there.

And it's very interesting what you say, you know, Alexis, about the idea of what do they do without Duke Bellingham?

And I think there is a broader question, which is just what do they do?

Full stop.

So you've got this two weeks now in which Arvalo has to work on the team.

I think we all know that he's had 18, 19 days where essentially what he's been trying to do has been focusing, if you like, on the happiness of the player, if you like, the kind of the environment around the team, the group dynamics.

But now he's got two weeks to do actual work.

and the actual work on the team structure.

So in terms of things like the fitness levels, which the club had been briefing against Xavi Alonso, it must be said that the team wasn't physically fit, but there also needs to be some sort of structure put in place.