Kylian Mbappe sent off for horror challenge just days before Real Madrid host Arsenal

Real Madrid star was shown a straight red card during his team's match away at on Sunday. The Frenchman went in high and late on opponent Antonio Blanco towards the end of the first half, with an initial yellow card upgraded to a red after a VAR check.

Los Blancos are set to take on in the second leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday, when they have three goals to make up on the side. They didn't have the luxury of resting too many senior stars on Sunday, though, with their title hopes still alive going into the game, though and Vinicius Junior both started on the bench.

Mbappe's red was the first he has picked up as a Madrid player after over the summer. His ban will only apply to domestic competitions, leaving him free to start at the Bernabeu in midweek.

It was the second time in as many matches that Carlo Ancelotti's side have had a man sent off. , earning a second yellow card for kicking the ball away, but responded with the only goal of the game against Alaves.

Two goals from and one from Mikel Merino . Madrid have scored three or more goals in four of their six home games in Europe this season, though, and are not giving up.

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"If you look at the game tonight, there is no chance. But football changes," Ancelotti said during a post-match interview following that 3-0 defeat.

"No one expected that Rice scores two set pieces. He did that tonight. , anything can happen. A lot of times, something happens in the Bernabeu."

defender Lucas Vazquez also . “It's difficult, but if there's any team in the that can turn this situation around, it's us in front of our home fans at our ground," he said. "We'll see a different game on Wednesday and if we all stick together, we'll come through it."

Mbappe has scored seven times in Real Madrid's Champions League campaign this term, but none in his last three games in the competition. He did bag a hat-trick against English opposition in the knockout play-off round, though, putting three past at the Bernabeu to seal .

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