There are nights like these – touchlines like these – when somebody at Opta surely must seriously debate the mileage in tracking distance covered by managers.
Diego Simeone (8km) would not look out of place on one of their post-match stat packs – and that estimate is probably a little conservative in hindsight. Simeone was everywhere, everywhere but his own designated technical area.
It is never hard to see why Atletico Madrid are far greater than the sum of their parts under the Argentine. Irrespective of personnel in any given season, Atletico’s are a squad of players who punch up and bloody gilded noses.