Kylian Mbappe’s arrival at Real Madrid was envisioned to expand their Champions League domination, but he was muzzled by Arsenal as Los Blancos crashed out in the quarter-finals, leaving coach Carlo Ancelotti on the brink.<\/p>\n
The holders find themselves picking up the pieces after Arsenal surgically dispatched them with a 5-1 aggregate triumph on Wednesday and now it is Ancelotti who needs a miracle comeback to survive in his post.<\/p>\n
The Gunners reached the final four with a 2-1 away win and will face Mbappe’s former side Paris Saint-Germain, soaring without the French superstar, who left in search of European silverware with the record 15-time winners.<\/p>\n
Mbappe limped off with an ankle injury in the final stages against Arsenal, leaving Madrid’s ‘remontada’ ambitions in tatters and his coach under the microscope.<\/p>\n
The Italian’s team is deeply flawed this season, a far more fragile outfit than the side which powered to a Champions League and La Liga double last season.<\/p>\n
To put the defeat into context, this will be the just the third time in 12 seasons that Madrid have failed to reach the Champions League semi-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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