Diego Simeone was happy with the performance of an "intense and aggressive" Atletico Madrid, despite their Champions League loss to Bayern Munich.
Robert Lewandowski settled the contest in Munich on Tuesday as Bayern prevailed 1-0 at Allianz Arena.
Lewandowski's first-half free-kick was enough to see last season's finalists Atletico taste defeat in the Champions League for the first time this season but they still qualified for the knockout round as Group D winners.
Speaking to reporters afterwards, Atletico head coach Simeone said: "The work done was very good.
"The first half was different from the second one.