Carlo Ancelotti praised the fighting spirit of Real Madrid, which led to a 1: 2 victory over Valencia yesterday (Sunday).
Goals by Vinicius Jr. and Kerim Benzema completed a late makeover of the Blancos in Mastaya and on the cover of the Marca newspaper this morning the headline "Winning Couple" appeared on the picture of the two strikers.
"I have a team that is fighting, whether it is playing good or bad," Ancelotti said after the game.
"That's the feeling I have today. We didn't play well in the first half. We got some good counter-attacks, but we went back, and when her wife goes back you absorb. We were much better in the second half, when we were fresher."
Ancelotti continued to praise Vinicius and Benzema, but stressed that the other attacking players also played a key role.
"Vinicius and Benzema are the strikers of Real Madrid, we are lucky to have them," he said.
"But I'm happy with everyone." The Czar was good, Kamabinga was good.
The strikers were fantastic and then, in the second half, when we controlled the game, they were very dangerous on the field. "
Meanwhile, with his sixth goal of the season in the league, Karim Benzema's numbers are simply staggering.
The French striker has been directly involved in 11 goals for Real Madrid this season, (6 goals and 5 assists) more than any other player in the top five leagues in Europe.
He is the first player to reach that number in the first five rounds of La Liga in the 21st century, since Messi recorded 13 in the 2011/12 season (8 goals and 5 assists).
Vinicius Jr. has scored five goals in his last five games in the Spanish league, just as he has scored in the 59 league games that preceded them.
Also, Real Madrid have not lost in their last 18 away games in the league (12 wins along with 6 draws), thus comparing their league record from the 1997 season (11 wins and 7 draws) and from 2016 (13 wins and 5 draws ).