Diego Simeone discloses the big secret that helped Atletico Madrid send Man United out of UCL

• Diego Simeone has explained that his players made use of counter attacks against Manchester United
• The 51-year-old Argentine steered his wards to a 1-0 win at Old Trafford over Manchester United in the knockout
• As things stand presently, Manchester United will be finishing the ongoing Premier League season with a title

Diego Simeone has explained that Manchester United's susceptibility to counter attacks provided his wards at Atletico Madrid with the perfect route to goal in the Champions League knockout.

Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night, 15 March, sent Manchester United out of the Champions League after recording a 1-0 win at Old Trafford with Renan Lodi netting the only goal that condemned the Red Devils to defeat.

Manchester United started the encounter promising, but the Premier League side were unable to make anything happen against their opponents who were more determined.

According to the report on 90min and Daily Post, Diego Simeone explained that the encounter was tough even though his wards were able to get the victory.

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"I'm excited to see a team that has no shame. At the start of the game I saw that in any counter attack, we could hurt them. We have a brilliant collective, it leaves me with joy.

"It was not only a general effort. I want to make it clear that the team knew what they had to do. Man Utd have great individuals, they started very well but it was a little messy to create pressure at the start.''

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Manchester United have been sent packing out of Europe's prestigious competition after losing 1-0 at Old Trafford in the second leg of the round of 16 fixture.

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Ralf Rangnick and his wards got a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Spain against Atletico Madrid with the hope that they would get good result in the return fixture, but they were defeated in front of their fans.

Before the encounter, Cristiano Ronaldo even made a statement that his teammates should let them get perfect result, but they were unable to soar at Old Trafford.