Real Madrid boss Ancelotti hails rout of Mallorca: I'm lucky to coach this brave team | OneFootball

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was full of praise for Marco Asensio after his hat-trick in last night's 6-1 thumping of Real Mallorca.

Karim Benzema struck twice and Isco also scored at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Ancelotti said, "I invest my experience in the team and look to give them my all, both in terms of experience and confidence.

"I'm lucky to coach this brave team with a lot of quality and players who learn quickly. Asensio played very well. We knew that he can do a lot of damage and they had a lot of quality between the lines, he''s a very good shot taker and he combines very well.

"Asensio has performed very well and durning next week he can hopefully score three goals as well. I think this is the position. It can be sometimes that if we push with the full-back, defending, he can play more on the outside, but with the ball it's always the same position because he likes it.

"When he comes inside he has the ball on the left and he is very dangerous there".