Last Tuesday, Pep Guardiola’s post-match press conference was dominated by questions about the effectiveness of Atletico Madrid’s dark arts, but the Catalan has a master of his own that he could deploy in the second leg.
Stopping counterattacks, faking injuries and even hair pulling, the Champions League quarter-final first leg between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid had it all last week.
Instead of the end-to-end affair we were treated to on Sunday when Liverpool came to town, the game against Diego Simeone’s side was played entirely at one end — with City camped outside the Atletico box for the entire 90 minutes.
It needed Guardiola to turn to his bench to find the breakthrough, with Phil Foden picking the lock and Kevin De Bruyne adding the final touches.
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