Diego Simeone becomes wild on touchline after having seen what Conor Gallagher did versus Athletic Bilbao – La Liga

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone and his assistant Nelson Vivas produced a wonderful reaction to Conor Gallagher’s last tackles in the last moments of their collision against Athletic Bilbao.

Los Colchoneros moved two points in the La Liga title race on Saturday when a second half goal of Julian Alvarez all sealed the points in the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.

Alvarez won the compliments after he had set his 10th league goal of the season against Bilbao, but for many it was a goose bumps with which Conor Gallagher was involved in the dying Sintels just as emphatically.

After replacing Samuel Lino by another 30 minutes, the former Chelsea midfielder made a game-changing impact, won two of his three ground matches, as well as the recording of three interceptions and two tackles.

And those two challenges in the last moments of Saturday’s competition brought a fairly remarkable reaction from manager Diego Simeone, his assistant Nelson Vivas and the 60,000 fans in the Metropolitano.

For example, fans responded to social media on the images below.

One said: “Diego Simeone absolutely loves Conor Gallagher and uses two big tackles. What a manager is,” while another noticed: “Conor Gallagher is the perfect Atlético Madrid player. More players like this please.”

A third wrote: “Gallagher found a home and I can no longer be happy for him. Real Chelsea fans knew that he would fit into Diego’s game.”

A fourth said: “You just have to love Simeone. He understands the game,” and a fifth added: “A few weeks ago viewed Atleti v Mallorca, loving him the home fans.”

Gallagher, who characterized this season in 33 games for Atletico after his £ 34 million move from Chelsea, has quickly settled in Madrid.

Spend against ESPN In December the tireless midfielder said: “You can see the kind of players he likes and he needs his kind of system, and I think it suited me perfectly.

“So that was one of the decisions why I thought it was a perfect move for me. And hopefully I can continue to improve and [keep] help him as much as possible. “

He added: “I feel felt in the club. Everyone in the club made me feel at home, and it was brilliant. Of course it was sometimes difficult, the first few months to play as many games as possible and [I’m] Still learning the language and the new teammates and many things learn. “