Arne Slot comments on expectations ahead of Atletico Madrid clash

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Liverpool will face Atletico Madrid in the first of eight games in the Champions League group stage.

Last season, Liverpool got to the top of the Champions League table, winning seven games, including all four of their home games, and making the knockout stage of the tournament, before being knocked out by PSG.

This season, the team will face Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.

In their last five encounters, the Reds have won three times, beating Simeone’s side comfortably, both home and away, with a 2-0 win at home and a fiery 3-2 victory away.

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Their last victory was in 2010 beating Atletico 2-1 at home.

Arne Slot’s last encounter with Atletico Madrid was in the 23/24 Champions league campaign when the Dutchman was at Feyenoord.

The 46-year-old lost both games and had an altercation with the Argentine after their loss at the Stadium Feijenoord.

Simeone shoved Slot on the pitch post game, with him seemingly wanted a bit of revenge.

“Atletico Madrid have done so well in La Liga with Diego Simeone?

This is a team that is a difficult to play against because of the Mentality, because of the team Performance, because of the individual quality,” said Slot in the Liverpool press conference today.

Atletico Madrid last season finished third last season in La Liga behind Barcelona and Real Madrid and also got knocked out of the round of 16 in the Champions League losing out to Real Madrid.

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