Atletico Madrid threw stones on their Title race track by dropping points in consecutive matches letting Ancelotti sit on the top position for 1 more week.
Atletico Madrid Dropped Points To Villerial Making Their Title Race Difficult As The Point Difference With Real Madrid Has Been Increased To Four
Simeone played a 4-4-2 flat formation against Villareal, known for the low block like Atletico and the match was a clash between two teams that didn't want to keep the ball. Despite their nature of sitting in defence Siminone’s boys kept possession of the ball with 8 shots on target but failed to net apart from one.
Luiz Junior, 24-years of Brazilian GK stopped the bullets from Atletico forwards supporting his team not to concede more than one. On the other hand, Villereal only registered one shot on target that too from a penalty to secure their 1 point from the game.
Mandava's mistake created the only chance for Villarreal to cause difficulties for Atletico Madrid
In the 29th minute of the game, a nasty challenge from Mandava on Gerard Moreno made the referee blow the whistle for a penalty. This was the only chance the Yellow jersey got to score and Moreno made no mistake in hitting the ball into the bottom corner where Oblak Jumped but failed to save.
Atletico got the chance to beat Luiz in 58th minute when the backheal of Correa was deflected by the Brazilian goalkeeper and Samuel Lino was there to finish the ball in open goal that helped Atletico to secure at least one point from the game otherwise the situation could have been worse for Simeone.
Simeone Considered the defensive ability of Villerial for the dead attacks from Atletico
The Atletico Boss said, “I think we were pretty much in control throughout the game. We played with the right attitude and commitment, aiming to win the game. The first half went quite well. They had the penalty and little more”. “In the second half we played against a team that defended well, with a lot of players and in an organised manner, waiting to counter-attack because they have a lot of fast players, and they take advantage of that speed,” he added.
Simeone admitted the missed chance and the save became the game-changer for the team they have 45 points in 21 matches 4 points behind the league leader Real Madrid as Ancelotti Capitalised the opportunity given by Someone on the same day in La Liga defeating Valladolid with a hat trick from Mbappe.
H/T- Bein Sports
