Having previously triumphed at the Wanda Metropolitano, Liverpool emerged victorious from their second clash with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday at Anfield and clinched the top spot in Group B with two matches to spare. Diogo Jota (13 ) and Sadio Mane (21 ) scored for the home side, both unsurprisingly assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold. Atletico defender Felipe picked up a straight red card after taking out Mane in the 36th minute.
The Atletico approach
It seemed early on that the La Liga champions had come to Liverpool to try and outplay the hosts as they came closer to Alisson Becker than Liverpool did to Jan Oblak, but that lasted only a few minutes before Liverpool took full control of the flow and pushed them back. It may seem harsh to say that At…