Defiant Simeone says Atleti will ´fight until the end´ for LaLiga glory

Atletico Madrid volition combat until the precise extremity successful their pursuit of the LaLiga title, contempt losing crushed to leaders Barcelona and Real Madrid aft a mediocre caller run.

Those were the words of Atletico brag Diego Simeone pursuing his team’s 2-1 triumph implicit Sevilla connected Sunday, with Pablo Barrios’ stoppage-time victor the difference.

Lucien Agoume’s opener was cancelled retired by Julian Alvarez’s punishment successful the archetypal half, with Barrios netting the decisive extremity with a good decorativeness successful the closing stages.

The effect saw Atletico drawback their six-game winless tally crossed each competitions, with that streak seeing them dumped retired of the Champions League and Copa del Rey.

Simeone’s broadside are present conscionable 7 points down Barcelona successful the table, with the league leaders held to a 1-1 gully by Real Betis connected Saturday.

Real Madrid besides dropped points this play arsenic they were stunned by Valencia astatine the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, with Hugo Duro scoring a precocious victor for the visitors.

Atletico are handed conscionable a 1.9% accidental of winning the rubric by the Opta supercomputer, but Simeone has assurance successful his players that they tin drawback the apical two.

“I support insisting that we person to deliberation astir ourselves, support growing, support improving, support growing,” Simeone told a property conference.

“Is it going to beryllium difficult? Of course! Are we going to struggle? Sure! But we’re going to support insisting, trying, warring to the end, due to the fact that that is who we are.

“Barrios’ extremity confirms that the enactment we are doing is good. The boys support insisting and support going for it and going for it and again and again…

“It was an important triumph due to the fact that of everything we went done the past fewer weeks… (Sevilla) scored early, but we were capable to recover.

“After (Julian Alvarez) equaliser, we played bully shot and had a fewer chances until a precise bully extremity successful the last minute, a extremity that gave america large joyousness due to the fact that we ne'er stopped insisting, ne'er surrendered.”

Atletico instrumentality to LaLiga enactment connected April 14 erstwhile they big last-placed Real Valladolid.