After seeing us thrash Atletico Madrid 4-0, Mikel Arteta pinpointed his players’ courage on the ball as a key reason for a remarkable result in the Champions League. Gabriel, Gabriel Martinelli and a Viktor Gyokeres brace did the damage on a wild night in north London as we picked up a ninth point already in the league phase, but things …
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Player Ratings: Atletico Madrid 5–2 Real Madrid Thibaut Courtois: 5 – Shaky with his distribution and hesitant on Sorloth’s early chance. Couldn’t be blamed for the scoreline as the defense collapsed in front of him. Dani Carvajal: 5.5 – Battled hard and stayed composed in the first half, but his passing fell apart after the break. Éder Militão: 6.5 – …
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Real Madrid were pulverised 5-2 by city rivals Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano on Saturday afternoon. After going ahead 2-1 through goals from Kylian Mbappe and Arda Guler, Real Madrid failed to create a single goalscoring opportunity on one end, and were unable to stop Atletico Madrid from doing so on the other. Here are three observations from the first …
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Atlético Madrid 5-2 Real Madrid (Mbappé & Güler). Defeat in the derby… This is an immediate reaction the big loss. More content: Player ratings, post match interviews and a derby podcast. Real Madrid continued to top La Liga after winning every game so far, but the first real test of the season had arrived in the shape of Atlético Madrid. …
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Real Madrid suffered their way to a 5-2 defeat against Atlético Madrid at the Estadio Riyadh Air Metropolitano on Saturday afternoon as they came back from behind only to surrender a lead and lose. In the team’s first loss of the season, Los Blancos watched Robin Le Normand give the Colchoneros the lead before striking with a double whammy from …
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Real Madrid have published their starting lineup for the upcoming match against Atlético de Madrid in La Liga. Real Madrid starting XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Huijsen, Carreras, Tchouameni, Valverde, Bellingham, Güler, Vinicius, Mbappé. Atlético de Madrid starting XI (TBC): Oblak, Llorente, Le Normand, Lenglet, Hancko, Koke, Barrios, Giuliano, Nico, Griezmann, Álvarez. Los Blancos will need to match Atlético’s intensity and …
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Atletico Madrid will launch an investigation into the mass confrontation that marred their 3-2 Champions League loss at Anfield, with a member of their backroom team appearing to spit into the crowd. Atletico head coach Diego Simeone was shown a red card following a heated altercation with a supporter at Anfield that resulted in a melee close to the away …
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Liverpool have only gone and done it again! For the fifth game in a row, the relentless Reds managed to win a game that appeared destined to end in a draw by netting a late winner. This time, captain Virgil van Dijk was Liverpool’s hero, heading home a 92nd-minute corner from Dominik Szoboszlai to earn his side a 3-2 victory …
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Liverpool 3, Atletico Madrid 2 – Match Recap: They Keep Getting Away With It The Liverpool Offside Isak might be the new star, but Salah remains Liverpool’s main man after latest Anfield thriller ESPN Simeone blames fan row after Liverpool winner on ‘getting insulted all game’ The Guardian Liverpool 3 Atletico 2: How did they win it late again? Why did Simeone see …
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On whether he always feels his side will find a way to win given their knack for scoring late goals this season… You’re never 100 per cent sure but what I do know is we’re so fit that we’re able to push one more time. But I’m sure that we’re not going to need, every single game, stoppage time. There …
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