Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe admitted his team were not consistent enough for a top-eight spot as his side slipped into the UEFA Champions League Play-off round on Wednesday following a stunning 2-4 loss to Benfica. After three wins in their previous three matches under new coach Alvaro Arbeloa, Madrid were brought back down to earth by Jose Mourinho’s side in Lisbon. 

“The problem is we aren’t consistent in our play, we have to fix that, you can’t have one day [playing well] and another not, a champion team does not do that. We deserve to be in this situation today, Benfica were better, now we have to play two more play-off games. It hurts to have to play those, we wanted to have the time in February to work on our game,” said Mbappe.