Real Madrid without their best defender for most of February as Antonio Rüdiger deals with a new hamstring injury.

And it is that Real Madrid saw Antonio Rüdiger leave the field of play in pain. An injury to the femoral biceps that will keep the German defender off the pitch for about 20 days, according to journalists close to the white news.

Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappe would miss Real Madrid's upcoming Copa del Rey quarter-final against Leganes with a bruised calf and backed his club's complaints about Spanish refereeing on Tuesday.

Antonio Rüdiger is the latest Real Madrid defender to suffer an injury, leaving Carlo Ancelotti without many defensive options moving forward.