Atletico Madrid coach Diego Pablo Simeone was happy with his side’s great game against RB Leipzig. The Argentinian highlighted the great role played by Griezmann. “He is a differential player for us. We need to ask him to continue in that vein”, he stressed.

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said on Thursday after the 2-1 win over RB Leipzig in the Champions League that when Antoine Griezmann, who scored one goal and set up another, “is playing well, different things happen” and said that goals from both Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth are on the way.

“The one who is most happy is probably Griezmann, because we need him like this. Since he arrived at the club he has always been a differential player for us. When he plays well, different things happen. We need to ask him to continue in this vein and for the team to go with him so that he can perform as he did today,” he said at the press conference after the match at the Civitas Metropolitano stadium.

Simeone, at the same time, explained that he does not have to think about Julian Alvarez’s position. “He is playing as a striker, which is his position, and I don’t see any strange situation,” replied the coach, who defended the Argentinian striker and Alexander Sorloth, who has so far fallen short of expectations in terms of goals scored.

“First of all, I give playing time to Julian Alvarez because he is a very important player for us, because he came here to play, to show all his hierarchy and he is doing it. He is not scoring goals as he would like, in the same way as Sorloth, who is not getting the goals he could have in this run of games, but we will keep working and waiting, because the goals will come, obviously,” he concluded.