Under-fire Real Madrid boss Arbeloa mounts staunch defence of Mbappe

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arbeloa-alvaro/CO9bjrLo/"]Arbeloa[/a], who himself is under fire with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real[/a] all but certain to finish without a trophy this term, said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Mbappe[/a] had nothing to reproach himself about and that aside from scoring in both legs of the quarter-final, he had "given his all in defence."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bayern-munich-nVp0wiqd/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=zXC8QVx3"]Real lost 4-3 in a thrilling second-leg[/a] tussle with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern Munich[/a] - who progressed 6-4 on aggregate - with the Spanish side reduced to 10 men after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/camavinga-eduardo/6ekYsPfO/"]Eduardo Camavinga[/a] was sent off in the 86th minute.[/p][p]Bayern scored twice after the Frenchman's dismissal, which sparked the criticism of Mbappe.[/p][p]Arbeloa, though, was having none of this at his eve-of-match press conference on Monday.[/p][embed guid="6e924289-54d0-4ae4-8854-b82ae88f0606" url="https://x.com/realmadriden/status/2045849900873588892" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I have nothing to reproach Kylian about," [/b]said Arbeloa, whose side host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/alaves-hxt57t2q/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=8WSYepie"]Alaves on Tuesday.[/a][/p][p][b]"He was at the top of his game, he scored in both legs and was a constant threat to their defence.[/b][/p][p][b]"He gave his all in defence, and he worked really hard.[/b][/p][p][b]"I was thoroughly satisfied with his performance in that match,"[/b] added the 43-year-old.[/p][p]Mbappe, who has scored 40 goals in all competitions in his second season in Spain, will have to wait another year to realise "his dream" of winning the Champions League.[/p][image alt="Mbappe's stats in LaLiga for this season to date" id="6faa5f37-e973-416f-94b0-fec72d7b199b" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)" guid="3bef3a57-9194-4cc9-8c65-616d22c42858" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]It was the reason why he joined Madrid from French giants [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a], who promptly rubbed salt into his wounds by winning European club football's most prized trophy last term.[/p][p]Whether Arbeloa, who replaced Xabi Alonso earlier this season, is the man still in charge next term is in doubt - arch-rivals [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] lead Real by nine points in the race for the LaLiga crown with seven matches remaining.[/p][p]However, he refused to comment on his future, aside from saying it was not in his hands, but remarked that there was no need for a "huge revolution" at Real in order to turn things round next campaign.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/spain/laliga/"]Follow the midweek round in LaLiga with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]