The Spanish centre-back, Sergio Ramos, missed out the game against Manchester City, and Arbeloa stressed on the fact that the Spanish defender carries a lot of importance of Los Blancos despite his absence.
Real Madrid faced Manchester City as the UEFA Champions League group stage kicked off.
Los Blancos were favourites to win the fixture as they were taking on the Premier League champions at the Santiago Bernabeu.
However, since Los Blancos were going through a poor run of form, anything was expecting from Jose Mourinho and his players.
As the team line-up was announced, many were left in a shock as Mourinho chose to play the French defender, Raphael Varane, over the experienced Spanish centre-back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096.
The Spaniard missed out on the important fixture due to reasons which were not disclosed by anyone, but Mourinho decided to give the French youngster a chance to play in the Real Madrid first-team.
However, even though Real Madrid won the game 3-2 after a remarkable comeback, and even though there were no big blunders made by the French player, Arbeloa believes that it does not mean that Madrid do not feel the need of Sergio Ramos.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Arbeloa-c5282, who plays in a position where Ramos once played, believes that Ramos is very much required by Real Madrid and he is an integral part of their system.
While speaking about Ramos, Arbeloa accepted how the Spaniard can easily be classified as one of the best centre-backs in the world.
However, he also stated that players such as Mesut Ozil, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 Kaka were also left on the bench and that does not mean that they are not crucial for Real Madrid.
While speaking about Sergio Ramos, Arbeloa said:
“Sergio is the best, or one of the best, centre-backs in the world. He was left on the bench, as were Mesut Ozil, Karim Benzema and Kaka, but I think he will still be crucial to us.”
“We knew we had not been playing well and it didn’t need the Coach to tell us, because we thought the same as him.”
“He’s known us very well for almost three years and there is no roughness to iron out. We have a good relationship with him and agree with everything he has said.”
Real Madrid won the game against Manchester City and are now leading their respective group which is being labelled as the ‘group of death’ in this respective edition of the European competition.
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