Jude Bellingham admitted he missed "two sitters" as Real Madrid struggled to a 2-1 Champions League win over Inter Milan at the Bernabéu.
Visitors Inter were the better team for much of Tuesday's game, having more possession and creating more chances, but Madrid came out on top thanks to first-half goals from Kylian Mbappé and Federico Valverde.
Midfielder Bellingham was close to grabbing a third goal before halftime, and could have added another after the break -- set up by a spectacular dribble from Brahim Díaz -- as Inter pulled a goal back through Carlos Augusto to ensure a nervous finale.
"We created so many chances again tonight, myself included, two sitters," Bellingham told CBS. "The goalkeeper [Josep Martínez] has done well to be fair, but I've just got to put the ball in the net.
"The first one was just more instinct. The second one, I just got in my own head ... It's frustrating, not so much personally, but we could have made the game easier for the team.
"In the end we're defending a one-goal lead, backs to the wall, and people will probably forget all the good things we did, because we didn't win four or five nil, and that's partly my fault."
Bellingham has been one of the standout performers for Madrid so far this season under new coach José Mourinho, with two goals and two assists in LaLiga.
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The team slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Real Betis on Friday to drop their first points of the season, but returned to winning ways against Inter, with Thibaut Courtois starring in goal.
"It could have finished five or six-one to us, or it could have finished 6-6," Mourinho said. "I wouldn't say [Inter] could have won, because we created more in the crucial moments, like the 3-0 for Jude at the end of the first half.
"It was a crazy game. I don't like that kind of madness, I like being able to score five or six or seven, but having absolute control, and not needing an incredible goalkeeper."
