Thanks to a goal from Virgil Van Dijk in the last moments, Liverpool won this Wednesday against Atlético for this first day of the Champions League.
At the end of the end. Liverpool used the usual weapon of Atlético Madrid, its “Remarkable mentality”to overcome the Spanish club (3-2) in additional time on Wednesday in Anfield, reacted the coach Arne Slot.
The champion of England led 2-0 after six minutes but he had to tear off the victory after the end of regulation time, his opponent having joined him in the meantime on a double of Marcos Llorente (45th+3, 81st). “If you want to beat a team like Atlético, which is renowned for its incredible mentality, you have to beat it with its own weapons, that is to say the state of mind”said slot at the microphone of TNT Sports.
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The Dutch coach, however, regretted that his team did not fold the meeting earlier. “We should have made your life easier”car “When the gap is only a goal, anything can happen”. To his players, he sent this message: “Do not even look at the score, simply feel this pressure of the emergency every second”and that “For 90 minutes”.
Liverpool snatched the victory over a head of Captain Virgil Van Dijk over Corner. Atlético is “A team that never abandons, it has quality players who can punish you if you disconnect a fraction of a second”commented the Dutch defender. But “Once again, we found a way to get out of it”, “It was again a big European evening here”.
