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12/10 14:01 CST Pressure on Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso against Man City in the Champions League, Ajax wins Pressure on Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso against Man City in the Champions League, Ajax wins By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) --- The pressure was mounting on Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso as the Spanish giant faced Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday. Madrid has won just two of its last seven in all competitions including a 2-0 loss to Celta Vigo over the weekend. Ahead of the home match against City, Alonso had to contend with reports in the Spanish media that he had lost control of the locker room. "This is a team, and we all stand together," he said. "In soccer, you can change perspective quickly, and we're at that point." Concerns over Kylian Mbapp's availability were confirmed when the France striker was named on the bench following a reported knee issue. Mbapp trained separately to the rest of the team on Tuesday and Gonzalo Garcia was picked to lead Madrid's attack. City manager Pep Guardiola sympathized with Alonso, who he coached as a player at Bayern Munich. "Barcelona and Real Madrid are the toughest clubs to be manager of because of the environment," he said. "It's a difficult place but he knows it --- it's the reality of being here." Other games on Wednesday include defending champion Paris Saint-Germain at Athletic Bilbao, Arsenal at Club Brugge and Italian champion Napoli at Benfica.

Ajax rallies to beat Qarabag Ajax scored three goals late in the game to deny Qarabag a surprise win in one of the early kickoffs. Four-time European champion Ajax twice trailed against its Azerbaijani opponent, but fought back to win 4-2 in Baku. Qarabag has been one of the surprise packages in this season's competition and led after 10 minutes through Camilo Duran. Matheus Silva scored two minutes into the second half to make it 2-1 after Kasper Dolberg had leveled for Ajax. But Ajax powered back with three goals in 11 minutes. Oscar Gloukh scored in the 79th and 90th, with Anton Gaaei getting the other in the 82nd. Copenhagen also scored late to win 3-2 at Villarreal. Substitute Andreas Cornelius struck in the 90th to seal victory in a game where Copenhagen had twice been pegged back after taking the lead. ___ James Robson is at https://x.com/jamesalanrobson ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
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