Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said his side deserved to beat Manchester City but he was still pleased with their performance after Tuesday’s 1-1 draw.

“We competed, we fought, I think we deserved to win. It was a good match and we head to the second leg with a good feeling. The result doesn’t reward us for what we did on the pitch, but this tie will be close until the last minute,” Ancelotti told Movistar Plus.

“They had more possession in the first 30 minutes, but that didn’t worry us, because we were well positioned at the back and waited to make an effective transition.

“In the second half, we managed to come out from the back better... and we should have won.”

Ancelotti lost his temper after City’s goal and was shown a yellow card for bitterly complaining with Portuguese referee Artur Dias.

The Italian felt the ball went out of play in the build-up to City’s equaliser.

“The referee was too distracted,” Ancelotti told a news conference.

“In the previous play it was a corner for us that he didn’t see.

“And the ball was out of play, the technology in the images shown by BeIN Sports shows that clearly.