Atletico Madrid star Koke has admitted that facing English teams in the Champions League has 'not been bad' for Diego Simeone's side despite Chelsea defeating them last season.
The 30-year-old central midfielder and his teammates battled hard to claim a 2-1 aggregate win over Ralf Rangnick's Manchester United in the previous round of this season's competition, with Renan Lodi's goal being enough to edge the Old Trafford tie. Their reward for the next round is facing Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side who are looking to right the wrongs of what happened in last season's final against Chelsea.
They will be largely confident on the whole that they can do a job on a faltering Atleti side that have not hit the heights of previous seasons under their Argentinean head coach. Win this tie against the Spanish side and the rewards for Guardiola and co could be Atleti's city neighbours Real Madrid.
