Atletico Madrid stun Liverpool 1-0 in first leg Champions League tie


Atletico Madrid on Tuesday shocked safeguarding champions Liverpool 1-0 in the main leg of the round of 16 of Champions League.

The Mattress Makers challenged all the forecasts made before the match by taking an early lead, fourth moment to be exact, and afterward limiting the Premier League table-toppers from scoring in the accompanying time range.

Focal midfielder Saul Niguez drew the main blood of the match as the group at the Wanda Metropolitano was on its feet to recognize its significance. Following the objective, Atletico's guard kicked in and choked out the European victors by denying them a solitary shot on target.

Confronting Liverpool, who lead the Premier League by 25 with 12 games to play and are having a season for the ages, the Colchoneros looked progressively like the side that arrived at the Champions League last twice in two years than the one currently rejecting to hold tight to fourth place in La Liga.

Koke's corner dismiss got avoided from the leg of Reds midfielder Fabinho straightforwardly to Niguez, who pushed the ball over the line with manager Alisson excessively far away to do anything.

In spite of the fact that Jurgen Klopp's men held 73% ownership of the ball, Atleti kept on compromising them.

Liverpool got seconds of relief when Mohamed Salah terminated into an unguarded net after a messed up leeway by Atleti attendant Jan Oblak with Roberto Firmino's touch on the ball. Be that as it may, Firmino being decreed offside, the objective was prohibited.


The Reds began pushing for an equalizer with some additional life this time, yet a decent guard saw Atletico move to the second leg with a one-objective lead.

Be that as it may, the fantasy is still halfway for the Diego Simeone's men as the genuine test is yet to come on March 11 when they will confront a similar adversary in the second leg in their own terrace – Anfield.

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