Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti admits they were fortunate for victory over Almeria.

An injury-time winner from Dani Carvajal saw Real triumph 3-2 on Sunday.

Ancelotti said: "It was a strange game. We had a bad first half, lacking energy. The assessment I made after yesterday's training session was wrong. The team was tired and we performed very badly. Then the team's character and the support of the fans helped us to come back from a very difficult game and put in a completely different second half.

"I can't take anything positive from the first half of the game. It's better to leave it behind. The team was out of sorts and lacked energy. We got off to a very bad start and it's better to forget the first half. In the second half we won thanks to the boost this stadium gives us, which it always does.

"I could only change the team's momentum and energy with fresh players. Some players were paying for the extra time in the cup and I made a mistake with the line-up. The ones who came on in the second half gave a big boost.

"I was annoyed with myself. Every player wants to play and we have to evaluate the players' level of fatigue and we didn't assess it well. I started to think about making changes in the 30th minute because there was a lack of energy. I told the players the strategy to follow and nothing else. The first person I had to be angry with was myself."