Ancelotti points to Mbappé as the Real Madrid player in the Super Cup defeat

Carlo Ancelotti was heartbroken when Real Madrid were defeated by Barcelona in the Super Cup final.

Los Blancos saw the title snatched from them in ruthless style in Jeddah as the Blaugrana dominated them with a 5-2 victory.

The Catalans dominated throughout and Ancelotti faced doubts over the level of a number of players as his team struggled to compete with their El Clásico rivals.

Ancelotti made a number of changes, with his lack of squad depth evident in Saudi Arabia, but he refused to make excuses as the campaign moves into its second half.

“You have to defend well to win these games. “Barcelona deserved to win, they defended better than us,” he said at the end of the game.

“The team doesn’t look good, but I’m not going to point fingers at anyone. Mbappé had a good game, he was probably the only one, he scored a goal.

“I’m not going to name names about this, but we weren’t good from the first minute and we didn’t play.”

Ancelotti declined to ask if this game would affect his plans in the January transfer window after previously indicating he would not make any moves for new players.

Real Madrid have a busy few weeks ahead, including a Copa del Rey round of 16 clash in midweek and two UEFA Champions League matches to decide whether they reach the last 16.