Police release statement on Real Madrid team coach crash after defeat to Liverpool

Real Madrid's squad manager was progressive successful a clang pursuing the La Liga giant's Champions League decision against Liverpool, though nary players were travelling connected the autobus for the collision

Police person responded aft Real Madrid's manager was progressive successful a crash.

The squad autobus was spotted having been involved successful the incidental with footage captured showing the stationary manager aft it appeared to person collided with a lorry. Warwickshire Police responded to reports of a collision betwixt a car, lorry and the La Liga champions' autobus connected the M40, adjacent Warwick.

All parties progressive avoided superior injury, with nary of Real Madrid's stars connected the autobus pursuing their defeat to Liverpool astatine Anfield. Los Blancos flew location but the manager volition person been planned to transport the teams' instrumentality backmost to Spain's capital, with the M40 being the emblematic way taken to scope the seashore from the northbound west.

Warwickshire Police said: “Our officers responded to reports of a collision involving a car, a lorry, and the manager of a well-known shot squad connected the M40 southbound betwixt junction 16 for Hockley Heath and junction 15 for Warwick.

“Fortunately, cipher was earnestly injured. The players from the well-known shot squad were not connected the manager astatine the time.”

Carlo Ancelotti's squad are present skirting with a Champions League exit aft 5 of 8 matches successful the radical stage. Real beryllium 24th successful the array with six points, the last spot that would spot qualification for a play-off.

Liverpool meantime are acceptable to spell consecutive done to the past 16 successful the contention having produced a cleanable grounds frankincense far. The 2-0 triumph implicit the astir caller European champions sees the Reds apical of proceedings, 2 points wide of second-placed Inter.

Liverpool brag Arne Slot was impressed with his side's show against Real Madrid but the Dutchman is not getting carried away. The ex-Feyenoord manager has bigger aspiratons.

"I deliberation it’s ever bully to triumph a game, and particularly a large crippled similar this due to the fact that you cognize you look truthful galore prime players," helium said. "For me, it would adjacent mean much if we spell into the aboriginal stages of the tourney due to the fact that this is specified a unusual and antithetic set-up successful the Champions League that it’s hard to justice however important these wins are.

"If we get successful the past 16 oregon the quarter-finals oregon wherever we tin get to and we look them again and past we are capable to bushed them, that would beryllium possibly a bigger connection than this. But we are decidedly blessed with the win, fto that beryllium clear."

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