Xabi Alonso has the complete backing of Jude Bellingham amid rising hypothesis the Actual Madrid manger might be in peril of dropping his job after defeat in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League.
Los Blancos suffered a second-straight defeat on the Bernabeu as they have been beaten 2-1 by Manchester City simply three days after dropping to Celta Vigo in LaLiga.
Rodrygo ended his 32-game objective drought however a comeback earlier than the break courtesy of Nico O’Reilly and an Erling Haaland penalty turned the tie in Metropolis’s favour as Actual’s dismal run was prolonged to simply two wins from their final eight matches in all competitions.
Their latest kind has piled additional strain on Alonso, who in November was the topic of rumours of a breakdown in his relationship with star Vinicius Junior.
Actual are at the moment seventh within the 36-team desk and nonetheless on track to complete within the automated qualificartion locations.
Nonetheless, they path Barcelona by 4 factors in LaLiga and have gained simply as soon as in 5 Spanish top-flight matches.
However Bellingham believes Actual have all of the instruments at their disposal to reignite their season.
When requested the place his facet have gone incorrect over the previous couple of weeks, the 22-year-old advised TNT Sports activities: “It’s in all probability a lot of issues. We’re nonetheless attempting to work it out inside the altering room, no matter what goes on outdoors. That form of noise is not going to be useful.
“It’s about us attempting to determine it out contained in the dressing room. I feel one of many issues that’s in all probability fairly apparent is how we’re managing video games on the minute. Sure factors the place we have now to undergo, it looks like we all the time concede and it places us on the again foot and possibly makes us play in a manner that we don’t wish to.
“We’ve all the pieces we have to flip it round. I’ve full religion this season isn’t over simply because we’ve been on a foul run of kind. As gamers, it kills us and we’re going to strive all the pieces to show it round.”
Amid the elevated warmth on Alonso, the England midfielder insisted the staff was “100 per cent” behind the previous Actual participant, including: “The supervisor has been nice. I’ve personally acquired an excellent relationship with him. A whole lot of the lads do as effectively.
“After the primary few video games the place we drew we had some nice conversations internally the place it felt like we have been going to be on the again facet of that dangerous kind. The final couple of video games we’ve let ourselves down.
“Nobody is downing instruments, nobody is complaining. We’ll must take a little bit of the s**t on the chin however we’ll must maintain combating and bouncing ahead.”
