«I was offended for 90 minutes,» says Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone, after a red card against Liverpool

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone admitted that his behavior could not be justified after he was sent away after a heated fight with a fan of Liverpool after the stop-time winner of the home page in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The Argentinian had seen his side a shortage of two goals again, but Virgil van Dijk then went into the net in the 92nd minute to condemn Atletico into a 3-2 defeat in a raw Anfield.

Simeone seemed furious with a fan of Liverpool behind the technical area and was eventually sent by the tunnel by the Italian referee Maurizio Mariani.

Then he said he had endured 90 minutes of insults.

«There have been insults, but hey, I am the one who has to stay calm and endure everything: insults, gestures, etc.» Movistar.

“(Liverpool) hebben het gehad over het opzetten van een goede show, maar ze beledigen jullie allemaal van achteren, en je kunt niets zeggen, omdat ik de coach ben. Mijn reactie op de belediging is niet gerechtvaardigd, maar je weet niet hoe het is om te worden beledigd voor 90 minuten non -stop. En natuurlijk is de Referee wat er is wat gebeurt. begrepen, maar ik hoop dat Liverpool kan verbeteren, en als ze identificeren wie dat heeft gedaan, zullen er gevolgen are, «he said.

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Later asked during his press conference, what exactly was said to lose him his cool, he said: «I am not really going to get into the exact nature of the insult; I don’t want to get into that discussion. I have to stay in my place, I know what went behind the manager’s bank, I can’t solve the problems of society.»

«Never very good if we respond as managers, right? If we are insulted the whole game … When they scored the third goal, he insulted me, I turned around again, I am human,» he added.

Simeone praised his team, which showed great resilience after giving up twice in the first six minutes, but goes back with a double from Marcos Llorente.

«We were unlucky with the first goal, it threw us out of course, but with the spirit and quality of the boys we came back to the competition, and with Llorente, who had a great competition, we raised our level,» he said.

«We had the game on the edge until a great goal of Virgil had us a bitter taste in our mouths, but with spirit,» he added.

Published on September 18, 2025