Atletico Madrid’s manager, Diego Simeone, has said that Barcelona are making the race for this season’s La Liga title “boring”.
The Argentine saw his side score first through Falcao, before the home side staged a comeback and won 4-1. He insisted afterwards that they gave it their all.
“Our team is a strong team, we know how to play,” he said. “With our weapons we try to be competitive. And today for a long time were. We put in an enormous effort, we showed our souls. We lost to a team who plays in a different league than ours. They are making this a boring league.
“We played a perfect first half when we had three clear chances to score. We closed off all the paths where they could hurt us, then they scored from their first shot. The game was decided by them taking their chances.”
Tito Vilanova however was not getting carried away, with his team’s excellent start to the campaign – they have won 15 games and drawn 1 from the opening 16 rounds. He demanded his side to stay focused, as anything could happen.
“I have the luck of having a similar experience before,” he said. “We were 11 points ahead of Madrid, but then we had to go to Bernabeu to win the title. Also, Atletico are only nine points behind, and they showed how well they can play. We need to include them in the reckoning.
“Many times we have won right at the end, having suffered during the game. We have not been picking up points easily, we could have dropped more points. The league does not seem easy to me, quite the opposite.”
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