What did I just watch 😭. Atlético Madrid somehow managed to turn what should’ve been a comfortable win into an absolute struggle. You’re playing against ALAVÉS, they have 10 men for the last half hour, and you still need an 87th-minute winner from your CENTRE BACK. This is genuinely embarrassing. Let’s start with Lookman because what on earth was that performance? Ten times he lost possession, not a single successful dribble and absolutely zero attacking threat. Every time he got the ball, you just knew the attack was going nowhere. Simeone had seen enough and took him off at half-time. And Robin Le Normand… what was he thinking? Atlético were comfortably leading 1-0 after a nice goal from Grimaldo, and he just gifts Alavés a penalty right before half-time. Completely unnecessary defending that brought them straight back into the game. Jonathan David actually did something decent with his assist for Grimaldo, but apart from that he barely influenced the match. Llorente had a brilliant opportunity to score and somehow wasted it, while Barrios struggled to make much of an impact. The funniest part was the second half. Alavés went down to TEN MEN in the 61st minute, and Atlético still couldn’t break them down. All that possession, all those passes, and absolutely nothing to show for it. Julián Álvarez hit the post from a free kick, Sørloth barely got involved, and the attack looked completely out of ideas. Then, after nearly half an hour of struggling against 10 men, Álex Baena finally delivered a decent cross and Cuti Romero had to become a striker to save them. Fair play to Romero, Grimaldo and Koke because without them this would’ve been a complete disaster. And somehow Atlético fans are going to celebrate this like they’ve won the Champions League. You needed a last-minute rescue against a team playing with 10 men. Meanwhile Barça are comfortably putting three past Getafe and playing actual football.