Is Atletico Madrid victory over Liverpool a surprise ?

 Is Atletico Madrid victory over Liverpool a surprise ?

  Atletico Madrid qualified to the quarter-finals after they toppled champions Liverpool in a crazy match  won by the Atletico again 3-2 after the extra time .

  Looking at what the two teams have presented this season, not everyone will hesitate to expect Liverpool victory because it has an excellent record by taking the lead in the Primer league with 82 points 25 points more than the second Manchester City  unlike Atletico, who stumbled a lot this year in Liga , as it is ranked fifth and it wrestles for a place in the Champions League next year .

But if we look at the following data, the result may be somewhat understandable .

Is Atletico Madrid victory over Liverpool a surprise ?

The loss of the Wanda battle scattered the papers of Juergen Klopp

Before losing in Wanda, Liverpool did not receive any loss for several consecutive matches, which resulted in the team entering the stage of doubt, as it lost against Watford 3-0 and fell against Chelsea 2-0 in the Federation Cup and even its win over West Ham and Bournemouth achieved a single goal difference.

Diego Simeone is an expert on tactics and defense

We know very well who Diego Simeone is and what he can do, it is true that stars such as Antoine Griezmann, Roderi, Juan Fran and Diego Godin have left the team, but the team has maintained its high level, especially at the defensive level, and even new arrivals such as Trippier and Joao Felix have done very well.

Liverpool players missed a great flood of opportunities

Given the sheer number of opportunities that the reds waste it strangely, Liverpool certainly deserved to be punished Sadio Mane lost two scissors kicks and, in an easy opportunity, Salah dribbles several players, but he shoots over the goal, as well as a header from close range to Robertson, but she hited the crossbar.

A remarkable brilliance of Jan Oblak

The number of Jan Oblak's saves at the end of the match reached 9 to deserve to be the star of the match, and this is not the first time that the Slovenian goalkeeper has shined against the major teams. The goalkeeper has become one of the best goalkeepers in the world, if not the best of them.