"(Liverpool) been talking about putting on a good show, but they insult you all match from behind and you can't say anything, because I'm the coach. My reaction to the insult isn't justifiable, but you don't know what it's like to be insulted for 90 minutes non stop. And of course, when the opponent's goal is just around the corner, you turn around and they keep insulting you, and with the tension, what happens is what happens."
"I'm not really going to get into the exact nature of the insult, I don't want to get in that discussion. I've got to stay in my place, I know what went on behind the manager's bench, I can't solve society's problems. Never very good when we react as managers, is it? If we get insulted all the game... when they scored the third goal, he insulted me, I turned around again, I'm human."
Atletico Madrid rallied from a two-goal deficit to draw level, but Virgil van Dijk's 92nd-minute header sealed a 3-2 Liverpool win at Anfield. Diego Simeone confronted a Liverpool fan behind the technical area and was sent down the tunnel by referee Maurizio Mariani. Simeone said he suffered insults and gestures for 90 minutes, described his reaction as human but not justifiable, and said the referee told him he understood. Simeone asked for identification and consequences for the fan if possible, refused to detail the insult, and praised his team's resilience after conceding twice.
Read at Irish Independent
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