Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid 2020 (LFC-Atleti Round of 16 Second Leg 2020)
Final score and result: Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid 2-3 (Wijnaldum, Firmino/Llorente*2, Morata)
Anfield, Liverpool- 11 March, 2020
Liverpool suffer their first European home defeat since 2014 as Atleti knock the holders out of Europe with an extra time win at Anfield
Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal 2020 (Atleti-Villarreal 2020)
Final score and result: Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal 3-1 (Correa, Koke, Felix/Alcacer)
Wanda Metropolitano- 23 February, 2020
Atleti come from behind to beat Villarreal 3-1, with Joao Felix scoring for Diego Simeone’s men
Here is how the big European newspapers rated Atleti and Liverpool’s players following the former’s surprise 1-0 win over the reigning CL holders at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Atleti starting line up vs Liverpool CL: Oblak, Vrsaljko, Savic, Felipe, Renan Lodi, Lemar, Partey, Saul, Koke, Correa, Morata
LFC starting XI v ATM CL 2020: Alisson, TAA, VVD, Gomez, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Fabinho, Salah, Mane, Firmino
L’Equipe player ratings Atleti-Liverpool 1-0
French newspaper L’Equipe were impressed with Atleti’s Brazilian left back Renan Lodi, but less so with Thomas Lemar and Alvaro Morata. On the LFC side, it was mostly a bunch of 4 and 5’s on 10, with goalkeeper Alisson getting a 6.
The paper also gave Diego Simeone a manager rating of 8/10, with Jurgen Klopp getting a 4/10.
AS Newspaper player ratings Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool
On to Spanish newspaper AS, who also gave Renan Lodi three stars, but were equally impressed by fellow Brazilian Felipe Monteiro’s performance.