Real Madrid 'full of excitement' for Barca game after Bellingham stars again in Europe

Carlo Ancelotti said Real Madrid are heading into this weekend's clasico against rivals Barcelona full of excitement after extending their perfect start to the Champions League with a 2-1 victory at Braga on Tuesday night.

Rodrygo put Real ahead and Jude Bellingham made it 2-0 just after the hour mark with his third Champions League goal in as many games for the Spanish giants. The 14-time European champions were then forced to hold on for the victory after Alvaro Djalo pulled one back for Braga.

"Overall, I really think we produced a good game," Madrid manager Ancelotti said. "I didn't enjoy that they scored because before that we were well in control and the win was in hand."

After a cagey start, Nacho released Vinicius Junior down the left flank and the Brazilian stood Serdar Saatci up before squaring for a sliding Rodrygo to give Madrid the lead on 16 minutes.

Madrid briefly thought they had doubled their lead 10 minutes before half-time when Rodrygo slotted the ball into an empty net, but Vinicius had strayed offside as Eduardo Camavinga played him in near the halfway line.

Bellingham doubled Madrid's lead on 61 minutes when he stroked the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box after being teed up by Vinicius. It was his 11th goal in all competitions since joining Real from Borussia Dortmund ahead of this season.

However, the home side halved the deficit just two minutes later when Djalo powered a near-post drive past Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Braga then introduced the dangerous Bruma, who was only deemed fit enough to start on the bench. The change nearly paid off on 70 minutes when a Ricardo Horta drive was spooned just wide by Arrizabalaga.

Vinicius thought he had added a goal to his two assists on 82