Liverpool lost 1-0 to host to the flaming Atletico Madrid side as the Diego Simeone led side recorded an impressive home win. The European Champions were not at their usual best against Atletico Madrid side while hoping to make amends in the return leg at Anfield.
Jürgen Klopp and his side will hope that the frenetic Anfield Arena would provide the enabling ground for them to upturn the 1-0 deficit they suffered away from home as we set our eyes on the return leg.
With the result already known from this match, we evaluate the match feature and statistical analysis as it pertains to this UEFA Champions League tie.
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Shots on target
Atletico Madrid – 2
Liverpool – 0
The Liverpool side was poor in transition as they could not muster any shot on target in the contest. This was the bane of Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool side as they lost 1-0 to Spanish giants Atletico Madrid.
This saw the home side Atletico Madrid culminates 2 shots on target of their own accord.
Shots off target
Atletico Madrid – 5
Liverpool – 5
Both sides were wasteful in front of goal as the scoreline indicates with only one goal scored in the entire duration of the match. Despite the quality both sides have got in their squad, it was only Saul Niguez that found the net in the game.
It looked as if the trio of Alvaro Morata(Atletico Madrid), Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino(Liverpool) were handcuffed during the match as they all failed to deliver in their forward positions.
Possession
Atletico Madrid – 33%
Liverpool – 67%
The Liverpool side dominated the game thanks to the sides midfield three in the game.
This got the likes of Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Dutch star Georginio Wijnaldum pummelled Atletico Madrid in midfield. However, they failed to make their efforts count as they fired blank althrough the game.
Corners
Atletico Madrid – 2
Liverpool – 7
The match looked a cagey affair as both managers adopted a compact game plan for this fixture. However, the Reds paid for their insensitivity in the attack as they failed to find the breakthrough goal they needed.
This got Atletico Madrid culminates 2 corners compared to the 7 corner-kick Liverpool had in the contest.
Offside
Atletico Madrid – 5
Liverpool – 2
The match was an eagerly contested affair as Liverpool faced the energetic and the compact Atletico Madrid side.
With goals few in the match, both sides sought an unlikely means to find the back of the net in the game.
This got Liverpool flagged for offside on two occasions while the host Atletico Madrid were persistent due to the fact that they are playing at home. This ensured they had more offside calls with 7 offsides in total in the match.
Fouls
Atletico Madrid – 11
Liverpool – 13
Both sides aimed to match each other in the game as the stakes were high ahead of the return leg. This ensured physical challenges were attained in the contest.
This saw host Atletico Madrid culminated 11 fouls in the game while Liverpool had 13 fouls due to the fact that they had more possession as the case may be from the European clash.
Yellow Card
Atletico Madrid – 1
Liverpool – 2
This fouls committed due to the physical challenges involved in the game led to three bookings in the contest. This got Atletico Madrid’s Angel Correa booked in the 45th minute.
Liverpool duo of Sadio Mane and Joseph Gomez penalized in the 40th and 59th minutes with a Yellow Card respectively.
Goal-kick
Atletico Madrid – 14
Liverpool – 5
Atletico Madrid and Liverpool produced a lot of fiery dart in this fixture as quality ensued on the field of play.
Jürgen Klopp and his men lost Sadio Mane in the early stages of the second half and were replaced by forward Divock Origi as this got the Reds to culminate 5 goal-kicks in the opponent area.
Atletico Madrid on their own culminated 14 goal-kicks as the case may be.
Treatment
Atletico Madrid – 3
Liverpool – 1
The duo of Atletico Madrid and Liverpool recorded a total of 4 treatments in the game.
This is due to the physical rumbling that took place when Jürgen Klopp’s men traveled to face Diego Simeone’s side in Madrid.
Liverpool had only 1 treatment while Atletico Madrid recorded 3 treatments in the entire duration of the match.
