Simeone asks players to fix mistakes

Atletico Madrid supervisor Diego Simeone has admitted that his facet should defend higher after struggling a 4-0 defeat to Arsenal on Tuesday night time, however did defend the efficiency of the facet. The 2 groups have been deadlocked till the 57th minute on the Emirates, after which the Gunners smashed in 4 objectives in simply 13 minutes.

Los Colchoneros did have probabilities beforehand, with Julian Alvarez narrowly placing the ball extensive with David Raya out of place, after which hitting the bar within the second half. That mentioned, Arsenal have been on prime for a lot of the sport even till the primary objective.

‘We competed effectively till the primary objective’ – Simeone

Talking after the sport, Simeone informed Diario AS that his facet merely wanted to make much less errors when defending.

“First, the constructive: we competed very effectively till the primary objective. After that, we may have defended higher. They do it very effectively, they rating a variety of objectives. Set items are so vital in soccer, particularly in these competitions, the place each element helps you’re taking management of the match. We may have made a mistake within the 2-0, however we didn’t.”

“It’s not dangerous luck, it’s simply errors. From then on, they have been decisive, higher, and in 20 minutes, each likelihood that they had was a objective. Julian’s shot within the first half, the one which hit the crossbar, are lengthy gone… The staff competed effectively, however this lesson is what the match left us with. The decisiveness and the main points within the passages of play are decisive. This time towards us.”

Simeone: ‘We work on the collective to cowl for the person’

It was notably noticeable the benefit with which Myles Lewis-Skelly marauded by midfield for Arsenal’s second.

“Particular person errors that translate to the collective: shedding a mark, not committing a foul… At 3-0, there was a blocked play that we contested weakly, not strongly, and it led to a rebound… These are small particulars that may make the sport go someway.”

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Nonetheless Simeone mentioned there was little he may do on the coaching floor to repair it.

“It’s soccer issues which are there your entire life. You don’t work on it, you might have it inside you. When conditions could be resolved collectively, we work on them. However particular person points are harder. We work in order that the collective can attempt to cowl up the person.”

Koke and Jose Maria Gimenez felt recreation was underneath management till objective

Veteran defender Jose Maria Gimenez admitted to Marca that Arsenal pissed off Atletico with the ball, though assured that the sport was in an appropriate place earlier than Gabriel Magalhaes opened the scoring.

“It was a recreation underneath management, however we struggled to play, as a result of they press very effectively, they at all times play one-on-one, and we couldn’t discover the connections. We struggled to play, to return out of the again with the ball cleanly. Credit score to them. We have now to deal with ourselves and enhance for what’s coming subsequent. The objective got here from a foul that wasn’t a foul. The 1-0 left us feeling weak, and with the second objective, it was one other determined recreation and we couldn’t discover our ft.”

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It was an evaluation that captain Koke Resurreccion agreed with.

“We had the sport underneath management, however they made it 1-0 from a set piece. We may have tied it with Julian’s likelihood, and in three performs they scored the subsequent three objectives. We had extra management within the second half than within the first, they usually damage us extra.”