Diego Simeone was full of praise for Manchester City ahead of their Champions League meeting with Atletico Madrid, but piled the pressure on the Blues by reminding them of their defeat to Chelsea in last season's final.
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone responds to bottle-throwing after Manchester United game
16.03.2022 - 02:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Diego Simeone insists he didn't realise he'd been pelted with bottles as he raced down the Old Trafford touchline after his Atletico Madrid side had knocked Manchester United out of the Champions League.
Renan Lodi's first-half goal was enough to secure Atletico a 2-1 victory on aggregate and they protected their lead in the second half in a manner that infuriated United's fans, players and coaching staff. Atletico spent much of the half time-wasting, a tactic helped by the decisions of referee Slavko Vincic, and Old Trafford erupted in fury at the final whistle.
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Simeone initially celebrated wildly around his technical area before sprinting down the touchline towards the tunnel. He was then targeted by bottles from the crowd, before Vincic and his assists came in for similar treatment.
But Simeone insisted he hadn't noticed being pelted with bottles and was running to reach the sanctuary of the changing room, telling reporters: "No, when I came off the pitch, I ran because I was happy and I like to enjoy it in the dressing room."
"So I don't know what happened. What you just said, all I was thinking about was getting into the changing room to the dressing room, and I was really happy."
United were the better side for the first half an hour of the second leg. But once Lodi had scored before the break they rarely looked like getting back into the game.
"We managed to hit them on the counter and hurt them. That gave us a positive result," added Simeone.
"In the second half, we continued to control the game. And we felt more comfortable we know that our opponent play well on the counterattack, so we tried to reduce spaces. Collectively, there was
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