
Arne Slot already has perfect blueprint for Liverpool to beat Atletico Madrid
Liverpool face Atletico Madrid in Champions League action on Wednesday.
Liverpool will be hoping to go further than the last 16, where they were knocked out by eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain on penalties last season.
Liverpool are the favourites to win the Champions League, but their first test will be against Diego Simeone’s notoriously difficult Atletico side.
The Argentinian is known for building resolute defensive teams, but Arne Slot already has the blueprint to secure victory at Anfield.

Arne Slot can use previous Liverpool win against Atletico Madrid
Julian Alvarez is expected to miss the Liverpool match, which is a huge boost for Slot’s side as they look to begin their European adventure in the right way.
He can also take confidence from the Reds’ 3-2 win at the Wanda Metropolitano in October 2021, which saw Mohamed Salah score two and Naby Keita bag another.
As per Sofascore, Liverpool became the first visiting team to score three goals away at Atletico in a Champions League away match under Simeone in that contest.
Although that match was away from home, it can help Slot to beat Simeone on this occasion.

How can Liverpool use the previous Atletico win to their advantage?
The opening goal that evening was a Salah strike from outside the box in the eighth minute, as he skipped inside from the flank and launched a deflected effort past Jan Oblak.
A wonderful volley from Naby Keita after 13 minutes doubled the Reds’ lead, but the Madrid outfit would level the contest in the second half, before their goalscorer Antoine Griezmann was dismissed.
A Salah penalty with 12 minutes of normal time left would give the L4 outfit victory, and the Dutchman can take inspiration from that result.
It proved that Simeone’s side can be breached, and that sustained pressure can pay off, so his side needs to start fast and assert themselves in and around the visitors’ penalty area, and it should get them the result.
Atletico have started the season poorly, suffering a loss and two draws in their opening three matches, before the 2-0 win over Villarreal on 13 September.
Given the attacking options at their disposal and Atleti’s dismal form, the Premier League champions will be confident that they can inflict similar damage on their opposition this time around.
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