Following their 1-0 loss to the Premier League heavyweights on Tuesday evening, Atletico captain Koke responded to Pep Guardiola's criticisms on his team's setup.
Kevin De Bruyne scored a 70th-minute winner for Pep Guardiola's side in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Etihad Stadium. After the game, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expressed his displeasure by remarking that attacking against a 5-5-0 shape is extremely difficult, both today and in prehistoric times.
Guardiola shared his thoughts after the game by saying: 'He [Diego Simeone] has put Griezmann on the far right and Joao Felix on the far left, and they have gone 5-5-0. Two lines of 5.'And in prehistory, today and in a hundred thousand years, attacking a 5-5 is very difficult. It is that there is no space. Apart from the fact that they are very competitive and defend very well, there is no space'.
Guardiola's remarks infuriated Koke, who rushed to Instagram to retaliate. On his Instagram account, he posted a snapshot of the Atletico badge with the caption: 'In love with your tale since prehistory.' Atleti' is proud of its heritage.
Guardiola wants Atletico to be more adventurous next week, despite Simeone's assertion that his squad should not be 'embarrassed' to defend resolutely and bide their time. 'We had a fantastic opponent,' he remarked. 'The numbers speak for themselves,' says the author. They have a lot of movement. We aim to make the most of the tools we have at our disposal. We put in a tremendous amount of effort as a team to defend. On the counter-attack, we could have attacked a little more aggressively.'Let's see if we can have a little more possession of the ball and create more problems for our opponents, but it requires calmness and a collective defensive effort.' I've learned how to compete till the very finish in whatever manner possible.'
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