Real Madrid played host to Atletico Madrid in the quarter-final of the Copa del Rey.

Madrid started the game poorly, and weren’t good enough in the first half, with Alvaro Morata scoring the opener for the visitors.

Real Madrid dominated the second-half, with Rodrygo scoring the leveller late in the half.

Madrid would go on to win the tie 3-1, and Ancelotti praised the team’s second-half performance.

Addressing the media after Real Madrid’s 3-1 win against Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, Carlo Ancelotti said: “We didn’t play well in the first half. Then I decided to move Modric closer to the attackers and it changed the game.

“I can’t understand how a team can play that bad in the first half and then so good in the second half and the extra time. I don’t have an explanation.”