Head coach of Atletico Diego Simeone commented on the defeat of his team in the match of the Spanish championship with Las Palmas to AS website.
Diego Simeone
We played a good game. We didn't have many goal situations in the first half, but more in the second. There they hurt us with those two goals, goals, but we were close to tying it. We made an important effort. They had been playing good games, so we knew this was something that could happen.
Recall, Atletico Madrid lost to Las Palmas in the away match of the 12th round of the Spanish championship (1:2) and interrupted his winning streak of six matches in La Liga. Rodriguez and Ramirez scored for the winners, and Alvaro Morata scored for the guests.
After 11 rounds of the Spanish championship Atletico is in third place. Simeone's team has 25 points. Las Palmas earned 17 points and rose to ninth position. Real Madrid and Girona are leading the standings with 28 points each.
