Diego Simeone has been slated for his sour handshake with Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers following a contentious Champions League contest at Parkhead last night.
The Hoops picked up their first point of the group stage after earning a 2-2 draw against their La Liga rivals.
Celtic led twice thanks to goals from Kyogo Furuhahsi and Luis Palma but twice Atletico responded through Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata.
Atletico boss Simeone celebrated with a cheeky celebration at full-time and he was involved in a frosty handshake with his counterpart Rodgers too.
As Simeone looked at the TV cameras making hand gestures, Rodgers was awaiting a handshake, the Argentine then turned, gave a quick slap of the hand and then made his way down the Parkhead tunnel.
Celtic pick up their first #UCL point of the season against Atléico Madrid, and Diego Simeone wasn't sticking around to shake hands afterwards 👀 pic.twitter.com/bld5WOW3Td
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Fans fumed over the incident and took to Twitter to react. One said: "Classless."
Another tweeted: "They don't call him 'Devious Diego' for nothing."
A third commented: "He was unlikeable as a player and even less likeable as a coach."
And a fourth added: "No matter who Atletico play I feel ultimately Simeone is just a horrible man. Shows no respect in the slightest for the opposition but in a way where he believes he deserves everything, not because of something he hasn’t done. Don’t understand why."
Speaking after the game, Simeone said: “As expected, they started really well, as they did in their first two games.
“We really struggled to contain them early on and they scored with their first attack. We managed to respond but they quickly scored a fantastic goal.
“The first half didn’t go as we would have liked but I was really pleased with the second half, it was a real Champions League performance. We showed a lot of personality and responsibility.”
Simeone, who brought on Marcos Llorente and Rodrigo Riquelme at half-time, added: “In the first half we didn’t have the speed the game required, we weren’t up to scratch and they combined well in our half.
“But the subs had a big impact and we had better solutions in our passing game.”
