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Manchester Evening News
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Joe Bray

Atletico Madrid players explain ultra-defensive tactics vs Man City and make second-leg promise

Atletico Madrid players Jan Oblak and Stefan Savic insist their side are happy with their performance against Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final.

Atletico looked like they would frustrate City at the Etihad and take a draw back to the Wanda Metropolitano for next week's second leg, until Kevin De Bruyne finally broke their stubborn resistance to give the Blues a 1-0 lead.

Diego Simeone's side played very defensively to combat City's attacking threats, regularly putting 11 men behind the ball to restrict the space available to their opponents. In fact, they played so deep, they failed to have a single shot for the first time ever under Simeone.

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