Real Madrid have no complaints over their local derby loss to Atletico
Ancelotti's team fall behind again, but this time could not break down a strong defensive effort
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti admits Atletico Madrid were deserving victors after they handed him his first defeat in charge with a 1-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Gareth Bale finally made his home debut for Real as a second-half substitute, but Diego Costa was the star as he scored the only goal of the game after 11 minutes to maintain Atletico's perfect start to the season.
And despite Diego Simeone's men sitting back and defending their lead, Ancelotti accepted they still had the better chances to score a second.
"Atletico Madrid deserved to win. They were very defensive but they scored a goal on the counter-attack," he said. "They showed they are a very organised team with a lot of quality."
It was the fourth time in seven league games that Real had fallen behind early on and Ancelotti is determined that they start games better and inject more speed into their play.
"I think we had the same problem as in the other games. Our build-up play is slow and when the ball arrives further up the pitch there are no spaces to look for a positive solution.
"When you play against a team with good defensive organisation it is more difficult and the goal made things even harder for us. We started very well in pre-season but over the past week we have had two very bad games. We need to have better attitude and concentration."