Pelted with drinks but Diego Simeone won’t care – that was a testament to his Atletico masterclass at Manchester United

For those who haven’t watched Atletico Madrid much this season, this result will hardly have been surprising. A dogged 1-0 win away from home, that’s very much the norm for a Diego Simeone side, isn’t it? Ad/> However, this one defied the many performances that have preceded it this season.

TransfersFjortoft: Lewandowski wants to quit Bayern, club want Haaland as replacementAN HOUR AGO The Spanish champions have been far from their best this term, looking surprisingly leaky at times, but all at once it came together, with Manchester United succumbing to those wily ways at Old Trafford and exiting the Champions League. Instead, it is Atletico Madrid who march on to the quarter-finals, with Jan Oblak looking back to his brilliant best after some inconsistent displays and the midfield trio of Hector Herrera, Koke and Rodrigo De Paul orchestrating the perfect away showing.

Owen Hargreaves called Atletico “bang average” at full-time on BT Sport, but that is wide of the mark – it was the ideal performance to qualify when your second leg is away from home and you’ve gone a goal up. Lodi header knocks Man Utd out and sends Atletico through to quarters Fjortoft: Lewandowski wants to quit Bayern, club want Haaland as replacement That was evident just after the final whistle as objects, including drinks, rained down on Simeone as he ran down the sideline and made his way to the dressing room.

Reprehensible behaviour, yes, but that was also arguably the greatest compliment Simeone could have asked for. Another opposition frustrated, another set of supporters left devastated by his team’s brutal style.