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The rest of the squad completed ball possession and control exercises, a series of games on a small pitch and shooting practice. Courtois and Alaba continued with their recovery work.

Afterwards, the starting players against Mallorca carried out recovery runs on the pitch.

The whole squad began by working out in the gym and performing different strength exercises.

The players began preparations for the return leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium (Wednesday, 9pm CEST).

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Racism at the Son Moix Stadium. A fan was seen making gestures simulating a monkey while Tchouaméni was celebrating the goal.

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Ancelotti: 'It was a special atmosphere for Vini Jr, but when he came on he was very dangerous. He was fresh and did very well. The boos were because of his success, it's only normal.'

Ancelotti: 'It was a very demanding game because there were a lot of direct plays to the centre-forward, who is very good with his head. I was thinking of giving Militao more minutes, but the game was there and I put him on in the last few minutes to get a better defender in the…

Ancelotti: “Tchouameni played very well. It's his favourite position, he gets a lot of the ball playing there. It was an important game in this respect because they played a lot of balls with Muriqi and having a tall defensive midfielder helped us.”

Ancelotti: 'I rested some players, but not because of any physical aspect. Everyone who has gone out has played well. Physically the team is very good, but if we win on Wednesday it won't be down to fitness, it'll be down to our attitude. Man City are a very strong team…

Ancelotti: 'Every match is like a final. Having an advantage is very important before Sunday's game and that was the objective. We are very happy because winning here is always tricky. We did well because we played at a very high level in the second half.'

Ancelotti: “We're enjoying a good run and now we have to think about Wednesday, which we have enough time to recover for and we're going to give it our best shot.”

Ancelotti: “We weren't very good in the first half and played very slowly. The second half was much better. It's a very important victory, which brings us closer to winning the title.”

Ancelotti: “It was the kind of game we expected: complicated because Mallorca showed a lot of commitment, attitude and defended well.”