Mbappe said he could not put his finger on a clear reason why Madrid played so poorly against Benfica. Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe admitted his team were not consistent enough for a top eight spot as his side slipped into the Champions League play-off round on Wednesday. “We deserve to be in this situation today, Benfica were better, now we have to play two more play-off games. “If I tell you it’s a football issue, you’ll think the team is bad. “Come and support the team — we had a bad game — but we are not knocked out of the Champions League and in La Liga we’re in a good dynamic now,” pleaded Mbappe.