Tag: Atletico Madrid
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Holders Liverpool dumped out of Champions League
Holders Liverpool are out of the Champions League after a dramatic last-16 second leg against Atletico Madrid went into extra time – and a finely balanced game turned on a catastrophic blunder by goalkeeper Adrian. Jurgen Klopp’s side – seeking to win the trophy for a seventh time – thought they had overturned Atletico’s 1-0…
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Liverpool boss warns Atletico of intimidating Anfield crowd
Jurgen Klopp warned Atletico Madrid that Anfield will be as intimidating as the Wanda Metropolitano when Liverpool look to overturn a 1-0 loss from the Champions League last-16 first leg. Saul Niguez’s fourth-minute strike was enough to give the Spanish side the advantage over the defending champions. Madrid’s stadium was raucous on Tuesday with fans…
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UCL: Liverpool suffer first-leg defeat to Atletico
Liverpool’s defence of their Champions League title hangs in the balance after Saul Niguez’s early strike gave Atletico Madrid an aggregate lead going into the second leg of their last-16 tie at Anfield. The Reds were given a dose of their own medicine as Atletico harried and hassled throughout, limiting them to just two clear…
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Transfer: Edinson Cavani asks to leave PSG
Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani has told Paris St-Germain he wants to leave the club after “an approach” by Spanish side Atletico Madrid. The 32-year-old has been limited to 14 first-team outings this season after Mauro Icardi’s arrival on a season-long loan from Inter Milan in the summer. “It’s true that today he asked to leave,”…
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Spanish Super Cup: Atletico upset Barcelona to meet Madrid in final
It will no longer be the showdown expected at the final of the Spanish Super Cup in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, as Atletico Madrid proved bookmakers wrong on Thursday by knocking out Barcelona to set up a meeting with Real Madrid for an all-Madrid derby. Atletico came from behind to beat Barcelona 3-2 . Barca looked…
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Morata goal helps Atletico Madrid to beat Bayer Leverkusen
Atletico Madrid substitute Alvaro Morata scored a late second half header to give his team a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday. The win sent them top of their UEFA Champions League Group D. In a game of few chances and many mistakes, neither team came close to breaking the deadlock before Morata scored.…
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Transfer: Tottenham's Trippier joins Atletico Madrid
England right-back Kieran Trippier has completed a £20m move to Spanish side Atletico Madrid from Tottenham. The 28-year-old, who joined Spurs from Burnley in June 2015 and played more than 100 times for the London club, has signed a three-year deal with the La Liga side. He had admitted he was not sure he would…