“I don’t think the referee harmed us”

Diego Pablo Simeone, Atlético de Madrid coach, appeared at a press conference to give his impressions of the game against Liverpool.

Did you have bad luck?

“I would not stay with a simple phrase such as luck or bad luck. They started very well with great force. The first two who arrived scored two goals for us. Any other team would have fallen apart, but the team reacted. We had Joao’s, we had Griezmann’s. We had the one from Carrasco. The expulsion came, the penalty was not charged. It was a nice game. With protests that there are always for both teams. In Milan they benefited us with an expulsion, and now it was the other way around ”.

Arbitral decisions

“They have known me for quite some time. In the field I can get angry, complain. But I accept the decisions. Griezmann was warned that it was a red play. I don’t think it hurt us. The referee did very well. Liverpool started the game very well, and we responded very well. We even had Correa’s in the last minutes ”.

Team reaction

“We started stronger. We already talked about it in the previous one. Salah came in for at least 15 meters and no one could plug him. A rebound we do not go fast to the second ball. And not much else. I’m not happy, because I’m happy when I win, even if I play badly. We had clear chances against Liverpool. I don’t know if Liverpool have defended like this before. ”

Greeting with Klopp

“What others think he did not value as much. When you finish the game, I go fast because I don’t want forced greetings. I always try to leave quickly, except in Liverpool when I met him and greeted him ”.

Group

“He has a trap. In the end I think we are all going to score points together. Rare the game of Porto against Liverpool. Now Porto won. It will be very good from here to the end ”.

VAR decision

“I still think the same. The VAR is great. It can be done better. As much as you saw that it was criminal, if he considered that it was not criminal, it was not criminal.

How is Griezmann?

“Fucking. Griezmann’s performance is understood by watching the game. How the game worked defensively as we wanted. That direct game. He is screwed. It is clear that the intention of him. Similar to the yellow that they gave to the Brujas. He doesn’t see it. Then there is the referee’s interpretation that he didn’t see it ”.

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