Atletico Madrid Manager Diego Simeone admitted his side must defend better after suffering a 4-0 defeat at Arsenal on Tuesday night, but defended the side’s performance. Both teams had been relegated until the 57th minute at the Emirates, after which the visitors scored four goals in just 13 minutes.
Los ColChoneros had chances early on, with Julian Alvarez putting the ball wide with David Raya out of position, then hitting the bar in the second half. That said, Arsenal were on top for most of the game even for this first goal.
‘We competed well until the first goal’ – sim simE
Speaking after the match, Simeone told diario that his side just needed to make small mistakes in defence.
“First, good: We competed well until the first goal. After that, they did very well, where all the details help you take the mistakes from 2-0, but we didn’t.”
“It’s not bad luck, it’s just a mistake. From then on, it was the way of julian years in the first half, but that’s the word that was there, and the details in the stages of the game decide.” This time is close to us. “
Simeone: ‘We work together to cover someone’
It was particularly noticeable with the ease of Myles Lewis-Skelly who plundered this fee in Arsenal’s second midfield.
“Individual mistakes translate into collective: losing a mark, not making a mistake … at 3-0, there was a restricted play that we compete with weakly, not small details that can make the game go one way or the other.”
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However, Simeone said there was little he could do on the training ground to fix it.
“It’s football things that are there for your whole life. You don’t work on it, you have it inside you. When situations can be solved together, we work on them.
Koke and Jose Maria Gimenez Gimenez Femed Game were held until the goal
Veteran defender Jose Maria Gimenez admitted to Marca that Arlenal’s atleciate was frustrated with the ball, although he was assured that the game was in a favorable position before Gabriel Magalhaes opened the scoring.
“It was a controlled game, but we faced a good performance, because we aim well, they always play one, and we could get the connection of the ball. we couldn’t find our feet.”
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It was a test whether Captain Koke CusheCcion agreed.
“We had a controlled game, but they made it 1-0 in stoppage time. We tied it with Julian’s accident, and in three meetings they scored the next three goals. We had more control in the first half, and they hurt us a lot.”