Atlético de Madrid coach Diego Simeone admitted that his behavior was unjustifiable after being expelled because of a heated discussion with a Liverpool fan after the English victory goal in Champions League.
The Argentine saw his team react after losing two goals, but Virgil Van Dijk scored headlong 47 minutes into the second half and.
Simeone was angry with a fan positioned behind the technical area.
After the game, the Argentine said he was insults during the 90 minutes.
“Insult the whole game”
“There were insults the whole match, but I’m the one who needs to keep calm and endure everything: insults, gestures, etc,” he told Movistar.
“They talk about giving a show, but they are insulting you the whole game and you can’t say anything because it’s the coach.”
“My reaction to the insult is not justifiable, but you don’t know what it is to be insulted for 90 minutes without stopping. And of course, when the opponent goal comes out, you turn around and they follow you. With the tension, what happens happens.”
“The referee told me he understood, but I hope Liverpool improves and, if they identify who has done it, there is consequences.”
“I’m human”
Asked in the collective about the content of the insult, Simeone chose not to detail.
“I have to put myself in my place, I know what happened behind the bank, but I can’t solve the problems of society.”
“It’s never good when we coaches we react, isn’t it? If we are insulted the whole game … When they scored the third goal, he insulted me, I turned again, I’m human.”
Atletico shows reaction, but loses in the end
Simeone praised the reaction of his team, which took two goals in the first six minutes, but tied with two from Marcos Llorente.
“We were unhappy in the first goal, took us out of the way, but with the spirit and quality of the boys we returned to the game. Llorente made a great match and raised our level.”
“We were in the game until the end, even if with spirit.”
