Ancelotti: "The team was on fire from the first minute to the last"

Carlo Ancelotti appeared in the Coliseum press room to analyse Real Madrid's victory over Getafe. The coach declared: "The referee gave me a card and didn't give a penalty. I don't want to talk about that, I want to talk about the game because we were great. We're very happy."

"Getafe put in a lot of crosses. In the first half Tchouameni helped us with the aerial balls. In the second half, Camavinga also did his job and we changed the system a bit to control the flanks. We played deeper and taking the lead in the game allowed us to play more in transition."

Focused on the derby
"If we win the next two games we would have six more points in the table and it would be good. But the season is long. Today the team was on fire from the first minute to the last. Now we have to prepare for the derby."

Fifth yellow card for Tchouameni
"I don't know what happened, he got the card and Tchouameni won't be available for the next game. Rüdiger has a knock and we'll see what happens in the next few days."

Rüdiger's knock
"We have two days for him to recover. It's a severe blow to the muscle. Rüdiger is a warrior and it's complicated that he won't make the game because of a little discomfort."

Presence on the pitch
"We are in good spirits and the team is motivated. We fought and battled and we handled the game very well, which wasn't easy. Getafe play football with a lot of challenges and aerial balls. We had a lot of presence on the pitch because we have very strong players."

Vini Jr.
"I changed him because the game was coming to an end and we were handling it well. I took him off for the last few minutes because he wasn't as effective. But he had a lot of opportunities in transitions along with Bellingham and Valverde. I also liked Luka's game.
The yellow shown to him by the referee at the end of the game.
"I told the referee that it was a penalty on Brahim and he gave me a yellow card."

Joselu's great game
"Joselu is doing everything he needs to do to stay. He's doing spectacularly. It's a blessing to have a striker of this quality. He's always ready from the start, also when he comes into games he always helps the team. He is a very humble person and we're delighted with him."

Vini Jr. change
"I told him I was going to change him and he said no. But we have another game coming up."

Centre-backs
"We have centre-backs because Tchouameni did well today. We also have Rüdiger.

Modrić
" I think he's doing very well and his game was perfect today. He was the one who managed possession the best. We had a lot of energy on the pitch, but he controlled the tempo and played a complete game."