Jude Bellingham makes brutally honest admission after Real Madrid win in Champions League | OneFootball

Real Madrid may have defeated Inter Milan in their opening match of the 2026-27 Champions League, but it was far from a perfect evening. Jose Mourinho’s side were under the cosh for much of the 90 minutes, and this was largely due to their inability to score more than the two goals they mustered at the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid missed a number of big chances, with two of the biggest falling to Jude Bellingham. The Englishman has been in fantastic form to start the season, but Tuesday was an off-night for him – and he acknowledged this when he spoke to CBS Sports Golazo.

“It’s frustrating, but not for me personally because it’s just a goal. It’s more that we could’ve made the game easier for the team, I take responsibility. We’re defending a one-goal lead, backs to the wall, everyone will probably forget all the good things we did because we didn’t win 4-0 or 5-0, and that’s partly my fault. Brahim chipped it over and I was waiting for the ball to see it, it’s finally come and it looked a bit high so I thought do I head it in, but in the end I just got in my own head and I even still managed to get a good chance but the goalkeeper got back well to make the save. I had two sitters today. The goalkeeper did well, but I’ve just got to put the ball in the net.”

Bellingham hails Mourinho impact at Real Madrid: “He’s brilliant”

Bellingham was also asked about how he’s finding life at Real Madrid with Jose Mourinho as manager, and he admitted that everyone is buying into the Portuguese’s methods.

“(Mourinho is) brilliant. He and his staff have been amazing at setting standards on and off the pitch. In terms of the values he wants his team to look like, we understand what he wants, and everyone is on board and behind them. I know he gave up a few chances here and lost to Betis, but I think we played pretty well – that’s all down to the manager and the intensity we play with. The two goals come from putting high pressure on the ball, which is something we didn’t do as well before.”