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Diego Simeone rude Atletico MadridAfter “personal mistakes” humiliating defeat To armory In Champions League On Tuesday night.
The visiting team could have taken the lead at the beginning of the second half Julian Alvarez Hit the crossbar but then Simeone’s team were unable to stop the Reds attack at the Emirates.
Gabriel, Gabriel Martinelli and Victor Gyökeres scored doubles in a span of 13 minutes The crowd was stunned and Simeone admitted his team had “lessons to learn” after the opening week defeat to Liverpool, their second defeat in three Champions League games this season.
“We competed very well until Arsenal’s first goal, after that we couldn’t compete,” Simeone said in the post-match press conference.
“It can come down to a good margin in terms of whether or not we take control of the game and it’s not because of bad luck, it’s because of mistakes. They took advantage of our mistakes. They took their chances and all their big chances converted.”
Alvarez came close to a goal in the first half when his shot went wide after David Raya’s walkout, while Eberechi Eze hit the crossbar in a first half where Arsenal were at their strongest.
Simeone said: “We could have scored with Julian Alvarez in the first half, he hit the bar in the second half, we competed well as a team but that’s a lesson we can learn. You have to be clinical at different stages of the game.
“It’s individual mistakes that affect the team, it’s losing your man in set-pieces, we were too modest for the third goal and ended up conceding a goal.
“It’s the little details that can turn the game in a team’s favor… There are situations we can solve collectively but when it comes to individual decisions, it’s hard to help.”
While the Gunners have won three from three in Europe and are currently joint top of the 36-team table with PSG and Inter Milan, Atletico now have work to do to qualify for the knockout stage.
Simeone’s team, who were runners-up twice in the competition in 2014 and 2016, are currently placed 18th in the standings with five matches to play, which would see them qualify for the play-off round. They will next host Belgian side Union Saint-Gillois on November 4.