Liverpool boss Arne Slot set to reunite with Atletico Madrid icon after angry row

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot previously clashed with Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone(Image: Daniel Chesterton/Offside, Offside via Getty Images)

Arne Slot is poised to come face-to-face once again with Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone, who previously shoved the Liverpool manager during a heated confrontation.

The Reds are gearing up to welcome Atletico Madrid on Wednesday to kick-off their Champions League journey.

Slot will be eager to build on last season's European adventure, having crashed out at the round of 16 stage to eventual winners PSG on penalties despite finishing top of the revamped group phase.



The Reds will be want to make another impressive start in the Champions League this time around, with Slot already well-acquainted with Atletico boss Simeone.

The duo first crossed paths during a pre-season clash between Atletico and Feyenoord, shortly after Slot took charge at the Dutch outfit in 2021.

Following Feyenoord's dramatic 2-1 triumph in stoppage time, an irate Simeone pushed Slot, forcing players and backroom staff to intervene, as he wrongly believed the future Liverpool manager was taunting him.

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"At that moment, at the end of the match, I turned to Simeone to tell him how passionate he was even in a friendly match," he explained ahead of Feyenoord taking on the same rivals in the Champions League two years ago, as reported by talkSPORT.

"Then, he misinterpreted the smile I had at that moment and pushed me.

"I would never say stuff like that about a fellow manager."

Arne Slot and Diego Simeone's sides met in the Champions League two years after the shoving incident(Image: David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images)

While a late strike from Feyenoord's Naoufal Bannis had decided their pre-season encounter, Slot's team enjoyed no such luck in their later meetings with Atletico, suffering defeats in both Champions League meetings during the 2023/24 season.

David Hancko and Robin Le Normand also left the pitch due to suspected injuries.

Liverpool are heading into their first Champions League match on a high, following four consecutive Premier League victories.