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Los Blancos will face either City or Celtic for a place in the last 16, having finished 11th in the 36-team table after its 3-0 away win at Brest.

Rodrygo netted twice either side of Jude Bellingham getting on the scoresheet, but results elsewhere did not go in Madrid's favour as it missed out on a top-eight finish.

Having lost three of its first five Champions League games this season, Madrid has won its last three in a row. 

The 15-time European champion has reached the knockout rounds on all 29 of its appearances in the competition.

Ancelotti has led Madrid to three Champions League triumphs, with two of those coming in his second spell at the Santiago Bernabeu.

On both occasions – in 2021-2022 and 2023-2024 – Los Blancos eliminated City en route to lifting the trophy, but the Italian would rather avoid another meeting with Pep Guardiola's team.

"We don't like to play against City, but if we have to, we'll do it like on other occasions," Ancelotti said. "City have more chances to win the Champions League [than Celtic]."

"It's a draw and what comes, comes. To win the Champions League you have to win every game."

The draw will be held on Saturday in Nyon.

"If we want to win this competition we have to beat the best teams," Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said when asked about the prospect of facing the 2023 victor.

Ancelotti added that a slow start to the league phase had cost Madrid the opportunity to skip the play-offs, saying: "We should have woken up earlier in this competition. Now it's like this.

Rodrygo echoed those sentiments as he said: "Top eight was our objective but we didn't do well in some games. Now we have to keep improving."