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Simeone's perfect shot
The players change but one constant remains: the Atlético is a wonderful machine for crushing opposing dreams at home. Since the arrival of Diego Simeone in 2011, the Madrid club has simply never lost at home during the knockout phase of the Champions League (8 wins, 4 draws). To do so, the people of Madrid display unfailing solidarity and aggressiveness. A recipe known but which can even trap the most resplendent formation of the season. The proof tonight ...
Renan Lodi's passion
The Brazilian side is like a fish in water in Madrid. Always very committed, sometimes at the limit, Renan Lodi reigned in his corridor. An energy which even extinguished the talented Alexander-Arnold and which should have allowed Alvaro Morata to score the goal of the break in the 68th minute of play on a millimeter center… But the latter slipped at the worst of times.
Alisson, the parade that saves
He is not considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world for nothing. Not necessarily in great demand, the Reds goalkeeper was impeccable on one of his rare decisive interventions to make. In a highlight of his own, Alisson challenged an Alvaro Morata author of individual action of high class and allows Liverpool to enter the return leg with minimum delay.
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Reds half-mast attack
A figure illustrates this excitement: the visitors did not frame any shots tonight. With a Sadio Mané with only thirty minutes in the legs after almost three weeks of absence and a rough Mohamed Salah, the Scousers were never able to combine in small spaces and put out of position the iron defense of the Spaniards . The first came out at break after passing close to receiving a second yellow, while the second was replaced by Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 72nd minute of play.
Alexander-arnold
He is usually so consistent in excellence and so decisive in big events that we forgot that he could miss a match. This was the case this evening. Eaten in impact, uninspired in his choice of play and less precise with his feet, Alexander-Arnold did not weigh. An anomaly this season.
Morata slide
And if ? And if ... Diego Simeone will probably find it difficult to get out of his head this action from his attacker. Completely rinsed physically, Morata was perfectly served by Renan Lodi in the 68th minute of play, before ... sliding on his own. An action that will surely weigh on when making the accounts of the double confrontation.
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