Liverpool 2 Atletico Madrid 3: Simeone, Oblak, Morata or Llorente who gets the credit for Anfield masterclass?
Liverpool are out of the Champions League after suffering a 3-2 loss at Anfield in the second leg of their round of 16 Champions League encounter played on Wednesday, March 11.
Gini Wijanaldum made the scoreline level on aggregate going into extra time.
Roberto Firmino gave Liverpool the lead in the second half, only for Atletico to score three unreplied goals.
Marcos Llorente scored two goals while Alvaro Morata completed the embarrassment.
Diego Simeone deserves praise for the introduction of Llorente for Diego Costa which initially seemed like a bad idea.
Llorente also put in a man of the match worthy performance with two goals, one assist and fortifying the midfield.
Jan Oblak deserves praise for making nine saves which kept Atletico in the game before their explosion in extra time.
Alvaro Morata came in an gave Atletico a lifeline in attack creating and assist, scored a goal and running past the offside trap to stretch the Liverpool defense.
Who deserves the most credit as Atletico Madrid knocked out the defending champions and one of the best upsets in recent memory.
