RadioMARCA report about Ancelotti's "changes" seem a guess-work but something that I would probably want to happen.

Courtois: Carvajal, Militāo, Rüdiger, Alaba: Valverde, Kroos, Camavinga, Modrić; Benzema & Vinícius Jr

Madrid lacked the off-bench option last night. I think more pragmatism is required to manage the game and no need to rush into offensive-stance.

Also very likely City will be more aggressive on their approach, and probably add Ake into the team w/ Akanji to the other side. It's best case scenario.

"All I know is, he [Kroos] makes us defend way more than we would like to."

Explaining the fundamental role of Toni Kroos at Real Madrid and how his game from lone-pivot impacts Real Madrid like nobody else – why Ancelotti uses him there and why it's so effective.

A thread : Using (WhoScored) chalkboard, we gajn access to his touches (1st pic) and passes (2nd pic).

Kroos completed 95% of his passes (53/56) & completed 83% of his long-balls (5/6).

The graphs show that he played "everywhere" which enabled him to access every space.

Rüdiger was very good last night but many are missing the point as to why and how.

Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti explained the reason why Madrid were able to contain Man City & how Madrid defence dealt with Haaland.

Here's a Thread Explaining it: "We didn't specifically train to stop Haaland, our goal was to block the spaces between the lines to block Gündogan and De Bruyne." - Carlo Ancelotti

Pretty self-explanatory but I will dive deeper into this and how the other two lines were key.