Atletico Madrid supervisor Diego Simeone has named Barcelona as La Liga’s greatest aspect within the aftermath of Saturday’s Madrid derby.
Simeone’s aspect took a deserved lead towards Actual Madrid by way of Julian Alvarez’s Panenka penalty, however Los Blancos stepped issues up after the break and, after Kylian Mbappe’s equaliser, felt pissed off to not stroll away with what would have been a vital three factors.
The 1-1 draw leaves Actual Madrid high of La Liga, one level forward of Atletico, however Simeone insisted third-placed Barcelona are the gold customary in Spain.
“I nonetheless insist that Barcelona is one of the best group in La Liga,” Simeone mentioned after the ultimate whistle.
“They assault very properly, they’ve unbelievable velocity of their gamers, they usually play very properly as a group. Let’s have a look at in the event that they win tomorrow. It will be enjoyable to see the journalists get pleasure from this tight race on the high.”
Ancelotti declined to be drawn right into a disagreement with Simeone when quizzed on the Atletico boss’ feedback.
“Everybody has their opinion,” Ancelotti mentioned. “It is going to be a really aggressive league. Till the top.
“We’re completely happy, regardless of the difficulties we now have. Earlier than the match, there was a picture. With the 4 of us, [Dani] Carvajal, [Eder] Militao, [David] Alaba and [Antonio] Rudiger, greeting the teammates who entered the sector. And that signifies that, regardless of the difficulties, we’re doing very properly.
