Stevie Nicholl
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Well, yeah, a different team, but aided and abetted by an Atleti side who came out after half-time and gifted two opportunities.
The Hanko challenge was needless, so that's the first one.
Vinicius scores the penalty.
And then there's a really bad back pass into Fedor Valverde, who takes advantage of it.
You've still got to take advantage of it.
He did.
But Stevie mentioned he got the lock.
The Jimenez challenge is weak in the box.
Now, I know it's a tricky situation when players are running at you, you don't want to give a penalty away, but it's not a particularly strong challenge.
And again, Paddy Valverde takes advantage of it.
So from a good position, all of a sudden, a couple of mistakes, you're 2-1 down.
Now you're chasing your tail.
Yeah, you get back in the game with a great goal from Molina.
But again, you don't shut down the key men in key areas, which they didn't.
So they've made three mistakes at the back.
Atleti, and got punished for it.
You know, the penalty, the back pass, and then when Alexander-Arnold comes forward, as Stevie said in the highlights, there's no real pressure on Vinicius Junior, and he bags it.
This starts it all.
There's no absolute need to throw yourself in there.
It makes no sense to commit to anything.