Ancelotti slams Pique

Date Posted: 28/09/2013

Pique

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has hit back at Gerard Pique after the Barcelona defender said a penalty decision was like “watching a comedy”.

Pique took to Twitter after Real’s controversial win over Elche on Wednesday night.

“Watching a comedy film on Canal+ Liga,” Pique posted. “It’s always good at this hour of the night!”

Asked about Pique’s comments after the match, Ancelotti was far from impressed.

“He has to think more about playing than talking. He is better on the pitch than off it,” the Italian said.

Elche appeared to have earned a point when Richmond Boakye’s header a minute into stoppage time cancelled out Cristiano Ronaldo’s free kick.

But, deep into added on time, the match official controversially awarded Madrid a penalty for a foul on Pepe and Ronaldo converted to hand Los Blancos all three points.

Post-match replays suggested the decision was contentious.

“It’s hard to talk about these situations because from the bench our position is not the best,” Ancelotti said of the penalty decision.

“Generally speaking I don’t like to talk about refereeing decisions. I spoke with Pepe and he told me it was a clear penalty.

“I am not happy. We need to play differently. We suffered a lot during the match, particularly during the closing minutes of the match.

“We won’t win the derby if we play like we have done in this match, that’s why I think we need to improve, play with more intensity and personality.

“I think that we are going to come across teams that defend well and are hard to break down. We need to come up with the different solutions.

“At the moment the team is playing slowly, there are no options between the lines and we play a lot down the wings and that makes it easy for the opposition’s defence.”