DBasia.news – Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez feels confident he and his colleagues can beat Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 round.
Saul Niguez feels confident based on his recent observations. Specifically, he was referring to Liverpool’s last match against Norwich City. At that time, Juergen Klopp’s team were frustrated and only won thanks to Sadio Mane’s magic touch.
“Liverpool are a very complete team. They are a great team. However, they are difficult if you stay deeper because they are very good in transition, “Saul Niguez said as quoted by The Guardian.
The versatile player added, “I watched them against Norwich. If there were no extraordinary control from Mane, they would not have won. “
For this reason, Saul said Atletico Madrid should play defense deeper. They have to make Mohamed Salah et al. frustrated and didn’t get a chance to score.
However, Saul Niguez also warned, there are other factors that make Liverpool so difficult to conquer. That is an extraordinary mentality. According to him, that would make Atletico Madrid still not easy to tame the Reds.
“They have won so many matches that could have ended in a draw or loss. This shows us what they have. That is not luck. That is hard work, sacrifice, and not giving up every time you lose a ball, “concluded Saul.
Atletico Madrid will host Liverpool at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday (2/19) early morning Western Indonesian Time. Saul Niguez et al. not too favored because throughout this season showed a very unstable performance.