Simeone aiming to hurt extraordinary Liverpool

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Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone hopes to hurt an "extraordinary" Liverpool at Anfield – a stadium he loves.

The Argentinian has won one and lost one of his previous visits to the ground as Atleti's manager.

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"They competed very well in the Champions League and won the Premier League and we have a tough opponent to face.

"They are direct, they have very quick transitions, they interpret the game in a very simple way to get players into the box, they use their wide players and they have a wonderful centre-back who can knock the ball around.

"This simplicity of the game is something that maybe some people don’t see, how hard they work, how good their footballers are and their manager did wonderful, extraordinary things last season.

"We will face a tough opponent but we have the intention of bringing the game to where we want it to go

I am looking at getting better, playing a fantastic opponent in a stadium I love.