Manchester City's time-wasting and play-acting provoked Atletico Madrid in their fiery Champions League encounter, their captain Koke claims.
City were defending a 1-0 lead at the Wanda Metropolitano, with Atletico getting increasingly frustrated throughout the game as they failed to find an aggregate equaliser. The Blues showed a streetwise quality in the frantic closing stages, running down the clock and adopting the very same tactics Atletico had used for the majority of the tie.
And that was enough to 'take the match into madness', Atleti skipper Koke said after the game, blaming City for scenes where players clashed on the pitch and then in the tunnel after the game.
