Real Madrid coach Ancelotti pleased with matchwinner Tchouameni

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was happy with Aurelien Tchouameni after victory at Real Mallorca.

Real won 1-0 thanks to Tchouameni's goal.

Ancelotti said: "He played very well. It's his favourite position, he gets a lot of the ball playing there. It was an important game in this respect because they played a lot of balls with Muriqi and having a tall defensive midfielder helped us.

"When you don't score you often pay the price. Fortunately, that didn't happen because we were very solid overall. We have to avoid unnecessary losses because it's difficult to win the ball back. It's a very important aspect of football."

On Eder Militao, he said: "It was a very demanding game because there were a lot of direct plays to the centre-forward, who is very good with his head. I was thinking of giving him more minutes, but the game was there and I put him on in the last few minutes to get a better defender in the air."