Dortmund condemns Simeone to record Atletico Madrid loss
Atletico Madrid will be searching for answers after being torn apart in the second half of its Champions League trip to Borussia Dortmund.
Published : Oct 25, 2018 08:56 IST
Diego Simeone suffered his heaviest defeat in charge of Atletico Madrid after Borussia Dortmund ran riot in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Axel Witsel's deflected first-half strike and a late double from Raphael Guerreiro either side of substitute Jadon Sancho's tap-in secured the Bundesliga leader a memorable 4-0 victory at Signal Iduna Park.
The final scoreline marked the widest losing margin former River Plate boss Simeone has suffered in all competitions since his Atleti appointment in December 2011.
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A brace of Europa League triumphs and a La Liga title have come in the following seven years, but a sobering result in Germany presents the club's former midfielder with plenty of questions.
The result was made all the more sensational in view of the 16 clean sheets Atleti had kept in its previous 25 group stage games in the Champions League.
Simeone's men are now three points behind leader BVB in Group A, although it does still have a five-point cushion to Monaco and Club Brugge.