Real Madrid defender Ramos: Pellegrini not to blame

Sergio Ramos insists Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini does not deserve blame for last night's Champions League exit.

Lyon dumped Real out of Europe 2-1 on aggregate after drawing 1-1 at the Bernabeu.

"There is no question of blaming the coach ahead of any one player. There are many ways of seeing things, but we are the primary culprits. We are distressed at the elimination and it has been a very difficult night, but we must be strong to stay united," said Ramos.

"We created chances, but could not get the goals we needed. We can survive this."

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Comments (16)

To Neeeed: Get your facts right: Messi is number 1 selfish player before when Ronaldino was at Barcelona. It is only lately that he learned to be a team player. The lost only shows that there is still a lot of work to be done.

Sir Craig. You are hereby banished from Tribal Football.

madrid are finished. their early champions league trophies were fixed. They are the anti football.

they should not be mentioned in the same sentence as the great manchester united

all madristas can bow down and worship united.

Madrids loss to Lyon last night was not only a victory for Lyon... it was a victory for football.

that is all

ps. ronaldo will be back soon