Simeone outfoxed Klopp as Liverpool lost their heads in the din - The Athletic

“We started winning the game at the roundabout when we arrived on the bus. We saw so many people with so much ambition, with no fear. In my eight years here, we have never had a reception like that.” — Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone

At the scene of the club’s finest hour under Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool juggernaut was halted.

The nine-mile journey from the Wanda Metropolitano back to the Eurostars Madrid Tower was decidedly quieter on their team coach this time. Where last June the champagne flowed, the music blared and the party went on past 5am, this time around the only ice requested at their plush five-star hotel was for treating weary limbs.

It was a bruising night for Liverpool in the Spanish capital and the post-match mood in their camp was described by one member of the backroom staff as “frustration mixed with defiance”. For a team which hadn’t experienced defeat since September, Tuesday night was a bitter pill to...

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2020-02-19 08:41:45Z
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