As per Diario AS<\/a>, head coach Xabi Alonso gave his thoughts on the match, as he admitted to being relatively pleased with the performances of his players.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have nothing to reproach ourselves for. We tried until the end, we started well and took the lead\u2026 But there are times when any blow hurts you more and that\u2019s how it has been. In 10 minutes, with a corner and a penalty, they take the lead, when the game was serious, competitive. But we conceded.<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t control those situations well and then the team tried. In a better or worse way, but we tried until the end. We had chances, we lacked finesse to score a goal\u2026 but I have nothing to reproach anyone for.\u201d<\/p>\n Alonso spoke on Rodrygo, who was Real Madrid\u2019s standout performer<\/a> at the Bernabeu.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very happy for him, because he came from a difficult moment, without playing so much and today he was a great Rodrygo. He played very well, he was unbalanced and he scored that goal that is very important for him. That we have been able to see him is one of the best news of today. And then\u2026 the closeness of the people, the team\u2026 that\u2019s there. And together is how we can turn it around. I appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n Alonso was also asked about whether he was worried for his job, with Real Madrid having won only two of their last eight matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m worried about the next game. Here the important thing is Real Madrid. It\u2019s the team, the players and how I can help them. The issue is not about me.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Xabi Alonso content with Real Madrid performance despite defeat against Manchester City<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Real Madrid continued their disappointing run of form with a 2-1 home defeat to Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday. Rodrygo…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3953"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions\/3957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/real-madrid-cf-v-manchester-city-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md6-1-min-scaled.jpg\")
Xabi Alonso reacts to speculation on his future<\/h2>\n