Carlo Ancelotti has just made a big decision involving Kylian Mbappe ahead of Real Madrid’s Champions League tie against Arsenal.
Madrid travel to North London to face Arsenal in what looks set to be a mouth-watering tie between two of Europe’s best teams.
Mikel Arteta is bidding to become the first Gunners boss since Arsene Wenger in 2009 to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup.
Ahead of the mammoth clash, Ancelotti has been forced into making a key decision on one of his best players, Mabppe.
Kylian Mbappe will take Real Madrid’s penalties vs Arsenal
Carlo Ancelotti has entered Real Madrid’s ‘penalty crisis’ and decided that if his team win a penalty against Arsenal, Kylian Mbappe will take it, according to Marca.
Vinicius Jr has now missed back-to-back penalties for Madrid after skying his effort against Atletico Madrid and being denied by Valencia’s goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who is set to join Liverpool.
Los Blancos have now missed a total of five penalties this season, four of which have been in matches where they went on to lose.
Vinicius and Mbappe have both missed on two occasions, meanwhile, Jude Bellingham has missed once.
Should the Frenchman miss the next spot kick he is now in charge of, Bellingham will be the next player to take on the responsibility, although Madrid’s staff are concerned no player clearly specializes in the task.
What is Kylian Mbappe’s penalty record ahead of facing Arsenal?
Mbappe has an 80 per cent conversion rate across his career from the penalty spot having netted 48 times from 60 spot kicks.
| Scored | Missed | |
| 60 | 48 | 12 |
Two of his 12 misses have come this season for Madrid, though, as he failed to score in defeats against Athletic Bilbao and Liverpool.
Vincius has missed four of the 12 penalties which he has taken in his career, and like Mbappe, two of those misses were in defeats this campaign.
