Arsenal 1-1 Atletico Madrid: 3 Things That Went Right For Atletico Madrid

#1 Atletico put themselves in the driver's seat with a crucial away goal after a valiant defensive display

Antoine can do no wrong at the moment.

Atletico Madrid will be more than pleased with last night's result in hindsight, considering that they managed to storm the Arsenal ante for almost the entire game with a man short.

Antoine Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro were largely on the periphery of the game and had to put in more of a defensive shift following Šime Vrsaljko's dismissal, with an all hands on deck situation for the visitors.

A couple of opportunities in the game were routinely saved by David Ospina in the Arsenal goal. It's fair to say that the game was more of a training session between attack and defence. And boy, did the visitors give it their all.

their performance on the night epitomised what sets them apart from most teams in Europe. The grit and determination to will themselves on when the task seems insurmountable. And yet somehow, Simeone's men come up with an awe-inspiring display of defensive doggedness which was just as intriguing as their offensive qualities.

Another vintage performance set the stage for them to nick the game on the break and Laurent Koscielny's inability to deal with a hopeless long ball, the ricochet off Ospina and Shkodran Mustafi bundling himself to the ground all amalgamated in a freakish away goal for the Spaniards.

We're sure they're not complaining. The Arsenal fans on the other hand

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