Diego Simeone ended his losing streak against José Mourinho in La Liga as Atletico Madrid beat 10-man Real Madrid at the Metropolitano.
Antonio Rüdiger headed home from Bernardo Silva’s free-kick in the 89th minute to drag Madrid back into it, but Atlético survived a nervy finale.
Simeone Finally Gets the Better of Mourinho
During Mourinho’s first spell in charge of Madrid, he won all three of his derby clashes against Diego Simeone’s Atlético.
Indeed, Atlético’s coach only had a worse, 100% loss record in La Liga against former Barcelona boss Xavi (five games, five defeats) than he did against Mourinho before this contest.
But Mourinho’s hoodoo over the Argentine has now ended, and Diego Simeone, as he always does, kicked every ball and felt every tackle, and it was no surprise to see him charge down the tunnel in celebration at full-time.
Atlético ultimately had to grind it out, even against 10 men, albeit they wasted some chances to put the game to bed, even after Madrid had scored, with Alvarez choosing to shoot when he had team-mates better placed either side of him.
It was not a classic, as evidenced by a first half that featured just one attempt on target. In fact, it is the first time Atlético have failed to register a single shot on target in the first half of a home derby against Madrid in La Liga.
There was also the highest number of fouls committed by Atlético (10) in a first half against Los Blancos in the competition since April 2018 (11 on that occasion).
But Atlético, who registered chances worth only 0.19 expected goals before the break, flipped the script after the restart, finishing with 2.38 xG, 1.24 of which was from open-play opportunities.
Madrid, on the other hand, were limited to just 0.32 xG, which is their lowest total in a La Liga game since February 2015 (0.2, also vs Atlético).
Kylian Mbappé is just one goal or assist away from 500 goal involvements in club football, but he cut a frustrated figure up front, having just one shot, while Vinícius lost four of his seven duels prior to his substitution, as Mourinho’s star players failed to deliver.
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