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Liverpool 2 – 0 Atlético de Madrid: Nightmare at Anfield for the Atlético Madrid
Atlético de Madrid has experienced a real nightmare at Anfield this Wednesday, a match where 2-0 on the scoreboard has really fallen short of what they experienced during the 90 minutes of the game.
The reds and whites experiensed a true night of terror, a heartless team that has barely been able to survive a win with an unstoppable Liverpool and an imposing Salah.
The English team has already qualified for the round of 16, while for the colchoneros their move to the round of 16 is very difficult right now.
However, Simeone's men still depend on themselves, so they will have to beat Porto and Milan in the next matches and thus seek a pass to the next phase. Porto will be his direct rival in search of this classification.
Game Summary
The English team was able to define the game very early, that was how at minute 21 they were already winning 2-0, everything seemed to indicate that we were in the presence of a scandalous win, but it was not like that. I concluded the first half of the game and in Anfield the debacle of Simeone's team was perceived.
While for football lovers it was a pleasure to see all the works of art manufactured by the Liverpool team directed by Klopp. An English team that has a very marked style of play such as counter pressure, if you lose the ball you get it back immediately.
This emphasizing the theory that the best moment to recover the ball is right after having lost it, just when the opponent is looking for the best option to pass it.
This is how Atlético de Madrid's men finished a disastrous first half and Liverpool went into halftime with two goals up, but the truth is that there could have been many more, but Oblak has prevented them.
An unconscious fault
Felipe Augusto is sent off when he unconsciously kicked Mané in a race between the two, which was far from the so-called tactical fouls to stop a counterattack. It can be said that it was not a violent foul, but an unconscious foul, it could be interpreted with a yellow or red. The referee preferred the expulsion.
An Atlético de Madrid sunk in Anfield and with 10 players, which allowed Liverpool to play more freely and show their bursts at every moment. Klopp's team game was fascinating, remembering the team that owns this European competition two years ago.
While Salah again showed all his quality of play and that was how he faced Mario Hermoso, who has suffered like never before with the mattress shirt. Mané was a player who threw diagonals and nobody could stop him doing and dislodging whenever he wanted.
Diogo Jota was unappealable in the play of the first goal, with a disconnection between Giménes, Felipe and Oblak to open the scoring at minute 13, while Mané scored the second goal from almost the same angle at minute 21.
A blurred Atlético de Madrid
The main figures of Atlético de Madrid practically disappeared, a Joao Félix who could never emerge before the pressure of the rivals, on the sides neither Carrasco nor Trippier could prevail, while Suárez never received dangerous balls.
Hermoso was reprimanded in the first duel with Salah and Rodrigo de Paul appeared in a position to consolidate a resistance. Everything indicated that it would be a bad night for the Spaniards who came out thanking that the defeat was not due to a win.
Liverpool was a team that did not tire and that wanted to sentence the game with a third goal, that was how during the first minutes of the second half they showed an amazing speed, everyone left very quickly and recovered immediately, it was something amazing.
Seven minutes into the second half, Jota scores a goal that is disallowed for offside, later Salah fails something surprising only against Oblak, he hits the ball that passed by Matip's side with all the goal in front and Diogo's header Jota is diverted when Oblak no longer had a clue what to do.
The Spanish team is a team specialized in walking through dead ends, it may be in the worst moment, but it is a team that never gives up or bows before an imminent win that lies ahead. This is how Atlético de Madrid was able to hold a mark that should have been at least 5-0.
Uruguayan Luis Suárez tries with a distant shot. A goal by Giménez annulled for offside, they were one of the few arrivals that Simeone's men achieved. This is how the Argentine coach decides to take care of his reputation before the comeback.
He decided to remove Luis Suáres and Joao Félix from the field to give entry to Herrera and Lodi, so he placed two players to prevent the 2-0 from being extended much more. They could lose, but not by a landslide, at least that's what Simeone was trying to do.
Salah taught game classes throughout the match and luckily for Atlético's men, Mané disappeared from the game, who was hit or injured. The minutes passed and Liverpool could not score more goals, everyone tried, but something in Oblak's goal did not allow more goals.
An Atlético de Madrid already defeated, but that remained firm despite being dejected by Liverpool that was unstoppable on the field of play. Those who, despite not getting that desired third goal, knew how to remain calm at all times, a bit of normal desperation, but with a game controlled the 90 minutes of play.
