Alvaro Arbeloa: "This is not the first time a goalkeeper has scored against me"

Real Madrid head coach Alvaro Arbeloa spoke about the away defeat (2:4) suffered by Benfica Lisbon in the last, 8th round of the Champions League group stage, the goal of which was scored by Portuguese goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin.

"This is not the first time a goalkeeper has scored against me. They obviously had to take a risk: we were playing with two players less and we also had to score to get into the top eight. They took a risk, we took a risk, but in the end they won," Arbeloa was quoted as saying by the Real Madrid press service.

Real Madrid lost 2-4 to Benfica in Lisbon. The score was 3-2 at the end of the match, and Real Blancos received two red cards in a matter of minutes. In the 90+8 minute, the Madrid team conceded a fourth goal to Benfica goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin.

This defeat eliminated Real Madrid from the race for a place in the knockout stages and left them in ninth place. Thanks to Trubin's goal, Benfica moved ahead of Marseille on goal difference to 24th place, the minimum required to qualify for the knockout stages.