Carlo Ancelotti responds to Bernardo Silva after he called Real Madrid a ‘strange team’ following Manchester City’s Champions League exit… as his side prepare for Bayern Munich clash

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has hit back at Manchester City star Bernardo Silva after he claimed the LaLiga side were a ‘strange team’ after knocking them out of the Champions League this month .

Defending champions City were beaten 4-3 on penalties by Madrid after a 1-1 draw at the Etihad – with the score 4-4 on aggregate – despite the home side dominating for a much of the return match.

City beat Madrid in the semi-finals of last year’s competition – but lost to them at the same stage in the 2021-22 edition – and that led Silva to claim Madrid were a “weird” team to play against. play because of his ability to play. create chances even if they don’t seem to have a good period in the game.

“Real Madrid are a weird team,” he told TNT Sports. “Sometimes it feels like we are in control of the game and out of nowhere they run twice (on the clock) and score two goals because their players individually are very good.

“They are so fast and so strong on the counterattack that it is not easy to control them.

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti hit back at Bernardo Silva after claiming his team were ‘weird’

Silva was left deflated after Madrid knocked City out of the Champions League quarter-finals despite dominating the match.

“If you attack with too many players, they run on the counter. If you don’t attack with a lot of players, you’ll feel like you’re not effective enough to attack them properly. So it’s hard to make those little decisions in the game.”

But Ancelotti – whose side face Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich in the semi-final on Tuesday night – refuted Silva’s claims and stressed his side had simply shown they understood the “history” of the competition.

“We are not strange,” he said before the Bayern clash. “We are a team that can show the history of the past in this competition.

“I have nothing to say to Bernardo Silva. He is a big, gigantic player and last year they reached the final and now it’s up to us.

Madrid prepare to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final on Tuesday.

Silva played the full 90 minutes against Madrid in the first leg at the Bernabeu – which finished 3-3, before playing another 90 in the second leg.

The Portugal international has been one of City’s best players under Pep Guardiola this season with 11 goals and five assists as they bid to win a fourth successive Premier League title, as well as the FA Cup.

Madrid are 11 points ahead of their nearest rivals Barcelona in La Liga – with Ancelotti’s side knowing they can win the title this weekend if they beat Cadiz and Barca drop points against Valencia or Girona.

They face a hurting Bayern side after losing the Bundesliga title to Bayer Leverkusen, with their star man Harry Kane attempting to win the first trophy of his career.