Sid Lowe

Someone replaces Bellingham.

It was a replacement for Bellingham, Brahim coming on.

Then it was Vinicius who'd been playing on the left, going up front with Mbappé.

And then post-game, Arvaloa said, well, Vinicius is much better on the left when he's running at people, which is where he'd returned to in the second half.

And so you've got to find some sort of structure within which all these players can fit.

And to your question, what do you do with Bellingham?

Right now, you don't do anything.

But in four weeks' time, you've got that question to answer.

the reaction has been lots of barking and whining oh no sorry that was the dog um i've actually i've actually had my son's just crept in and and carried the dog out so hopefully i can give you the reaction the reaction has been one of obviously amazement at the way that it happened but also that the focus despite that extraordinary ended and and from my point of view at least you know that the story of course is a goalkeeper scoring a goal in the 97th minute but

But the focus in Madrid has been about an analysis of Real Madrid and where they're at.

And that sense of the improvement that everybody thought they saw, and I include myself in this, against Villarreal at the weekend was absolutely absent in the Champions League in midweek.

Now, of course, look...

I think at times we over-dramatise not getting in the top eight.

It's just another round of the Champions League and it's another round that Real Madrid, in theory, should win.

They might even face Benfica again.

If not, it would be Bodo Glint, of course.

And so it's not a crisis yet, but it's in the context of everything that's happened over the last five or six weeks.

And in that sense, it feels like a really very significant setback.

Yeah, this is my favourite bit.

For what it's worth, can I just have a slight moan here?