Diego Simeone has defended his decision to refuse a handshake with Jurgen Klopp following Atletico Madrid’s 3-2 defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League, claiming ‘it’s not healthy for either the winner or the loser’.

It was a night of high drama at the Wanda Metropolitano, with Mohamed Salah holding his nerve to score a decisive penalty in the 78th minute after Antoine Griezmann was shown a red card.

Griezmann had earlier dragged Atleti back into the contest with a quickfire double in the first half to cancel out goals from Salah and Naby Keita in the opening 13 minutes.

The result saw Liverpool open up a five-point lead over the La Liga champions at the top of the group, but Simeone’s extraordinary behaviour at the full-time whistle dominated discussion after the game.

Klopp – who admitted he did not like Atleti’s playing style in the build-up – looked furious as his counterpart turned down a traditional handshake and instead sprinted straight down the tunnel.

‘I don’t always greet (the other manager) after the game because I don’t like it,’ Simeone told reporters when asked about the incident at his post-match press conference.

‘It’s not healthy for either the winner or the loser. I think of it that way.

‘But now, when I see him, I’ll greet him without a problem.

Klopp was upset with Simeone’s behaviour but blamed it on the ’emotions’ that came with a match of such importance in the context of the group.

‘The situation is clear, I wanted to shake his hand and he didn’t want to. His reaction was for sure not right and mine was not too good as well,’ the Liverpool manager told BT Sport.

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Liverpool deserve all three points.

You'll Never Walk Alone

That's the sound of victory,

Who his handshake help?
Liverpool for the CL

d handshake isnt dt important....simeone had d right to be angry after seeing griezman sent off with dt harsh redds and after seeing dt penalty chopped off just few minutes after Liverpool were given almost d same type of penalty..
athletico really did well with d way dey dominated Liverpool after dt quick two goals n even with a man down

chikason22:
Liverpool deserve all three points.
You'll Never Walk Alone
That's the sound of victory,

I think athletico deserved a point for their good performance..

simeone himself is a drama

but weda e give hand or not klopp don collect em 3point for pocket

crazy coach!!

paulolee:

I think athletico deserved a point for their good performance..

They don't deserve a single gram of point. Did you see what they wanted to do. Play that stupid style of parking bus and frustrating their opponents.
Liverpool came prepared and that's resulted in two quick goals.

It was when they saw the plan won't work again this time around, that they decided to play what we call football.

Otherwise, it would have been that boring playing style of never coming out to play.

Did they deserve a point.

Answer is a capital NO

chikason22:

They don't deserve a single gram of point. Did you see what they wanted to do. Play that stupid style of parking bus and frustrating their opponents.
Liverpool came prepared and that's resulted in two quick goals.

It was when they saw the plan won't work again this time around, that they decided to play what we call football.

Otherwise, it would have been that boring playing style of never coming out to play.

Did they deserve a point.

Answer is a capital NO

the same stupid style won dem d league last season, dt same stupid style made them won Liverpool home n away last season..
wen something is working for u....u continue doing it n make it looks better irrespective of wat odas tinz, athletico defending is a supperb style of defending dt allows swift attack n made dm score goals than many attacking teams
DTS their style of play n i respect simeone for perfection in defense
isn't it funny seeing a defensive athletico dominating an attacking Liverpool even with a man down?
Chelsea had a red card against dis same reds n went to defend all tru d game dt Liverpool dominated them

joke apart I just like Simon very stubborn coach