As expected, the English press put the magnifying glass on criticizing the game of the Atletico Madrid after Tuesday’s game against Manchester City at the Etihad, which ended with a narrow victory (1-0) for the team Pep Guardiola thanks to a bit of Kevin de Bruyne In the second half. It already happened after the triumphs of the mattress team at Old Trafford or Anfield. So it was the “bad arts” of the rojiblancos. Now, the layout.
The British go further, and are already talking about the trap that Manchester City will experience in the Metropolitan next week. “Guardiola asks to control emotions in the face of Atleti’s dirty tactics“, they write in the Daily Mailwhere they add that the Catalan coach “has urged his squad not to respond to Atlético’s provocation.”
In the same line, the Manchester Evening News, which comes to describe the attitudes of some colchoneros players as “slapstick”. “Pep Guardiola sends warning to Manchester City players for second leg after Atletico Madrid antics”.
more respectful is shown The Sun, that he describes Atlético’s defense as “tenacious” and that it was “a red wall” that only De Bruyne could knock down. Of course, they point out that in the Metropolitan “Simeone’s men will have to go out and play”.
“City gets its hands dirty and finds a way to beat Atlético”, they headline in the BBCwhere they underline that “City enjoyed 71% of the possession, but most of the time Atlético were happy to let them have it”.
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