Atletico Madrid 2-1 RB Leipzig Player Ratings as Antonie Griezmann turn the catalyst to power a comeback for the Rojiblancos

Atletico Madrid secured their first victory at the Wanda Metropolitano after a late strike from Jose Maria Gimenez snatched a 2-1 comeback victory against RB Leipzig in their Champions League opener. Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko just took four minutes to net a rebound which put his team in the lead.

Antonie Griezmann levelled the score at the 28th minute after a well-constructed move where Llorente’s low cross into the box from the wing and an unmarked Griezmann produced a fine finish with a volley. In the stoppage time, it was Griezmann again but with an assist as he whipped in an excellent cross into the box, which was met by Gimenez at the far post to put it past Peter Gulacsi.

Let’s have a look at Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig Player Ratings:

Atletico Madrid Player Ratings vs RB Leipzig

Goalkeeper

Jan Oblak: 7.2/10- He had a great game today giving two saves and also had decent accuracy in passing and long balls.

Defenders

Reinildo: 8.1/10- The Centre-back capped a solid defensive display maintaining 93% passing accuracy. He was involved in eight defensive actions and two recoveries. He was also strong in duels winning each of them.

Robin Le Normand: 6.6/10- He was shown a yellow card at the tenth minute after he pulled the shirt of Sesko and prevented him from breaking forward. He was also strong in his defensive actions.

Jose Gimenez: 8.4/10- Scored the winner at the stoppage time after he converted an excellent cross from Antonie Greizmann. He stood strong in defensive duels.

Midfielders

Rodrigo Riquelme: 6.8/10- Was substituted at the 63rd minute and was very solid during his time on the pitch to prevent the opposition attackers and also contribute in the attack.

Antoine Griezmann: 9.1/10- He was the star of the match with contributions in both goals. He scored the first and assisted the second for his team.

Koke: 7.5/10- The Rojiblancos captain capped a good team display at the heart of the midfield with orchestrating the whole play. He was effective both in defence as well as attack.

Rodrigo De Paul: 7.2/10- The Argentine midfielder had a good game at the centre of the park dominating the ball in attack as well as defence for his team

Marcos Llorente: 7.8/10- He assisted the first goal which Griezmann converted. He took a lot of workload as he ran both up and down the pitch to support the attack as well as cover for the defenders.

Attackers

Angel Correa: 7.6/10- The Argentine attacker had kept the opposition busy with five shots. He was very involved in the final third with ten touches in Atalanta’s penalty area.

Julian Alvarez: 6.9/10- Was promising in attack with just two shots during his time on the pitch. Leipzig were very decent with their organisation to not allow much space to Atletico’s attackers.

Substitutes

Conor Gallagher: 6.8/10- He was brought on in place of Rodrigo De Paul and helped the team in its creative ambitions.

Samuel Dias Lino: 6.8/10- He was substituted at the 63rd minute and had a good impact on the game as Atleti had more control on the ball.

Alexander Sorloth: N/A.

Nahuel Molina: N/A.

Alex Witsel: N/A.

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RB Leipzig Player Ratings vs Atletico Madrid

Goalkeeper

Péter Gulacsi: 5.0/10- He was the worst performer of the game with making just two saves and conceding two gaols. His distribution was also poor.

Defenders

David Raum: 6.8/10- He capped the best display among the defenders as he was quite evident in both sides of the pitch. He was involved in nine defensive actions and four recoveries throughout the game.

Castello Lukeba: 6.1/10- The French centre-back had an average game being involved in eight defensive action through out the pitch but was poor with the duels.

Willi Orban: 5.8/10- Despite maintaining 92% passing accuracy did not have a great game as he was quite poor with his long balls resulting his team in loosing possession.

Benjamin Henrichs: 6.5/10- The German right-back had a decent game contributing in both sides of the pitch. He was involved in six defensive actions and helped with two recoveries.

Midfielders

Xavi Simons: 6.2/10- The Dutch midfielder was substituted at the 84th minute of the game and he played well. In total he was quite effective at both ends of the pitch.

Arthur Vermeeren: 6.2/10- The 19-year-old midfielder was substituted after a very generic time on the pitch. He was in attack as well as in defence.

Amadou Haidara: 6.8/10- He capped a good team display as he was involved in both defence as well as attack. He played as a bridge between the two departments.

Antonio Nusa: 6.0/10- The right wing back was substituted as he had a very ordinary game with just nine passes throughout the first half.

Attackers

Benjamin Sesko: 7.0/10- Opened the scoring in the fourth minute for his team. He was very influential in attack as he kept the Atleti’s defenders busy and always under check.

Lois Openda: 5.9/10- Had a poor game as he recorded only a single shot on target during his time on the pitch. He was also seen frustrated and his reactions got him booked.

Substitutes

Christoph Baymgartner: 6.2/10- He was brought at the beginning of the second half and within just a minute of his arrival on the pitch was booked for a late challenge on Correa.

Nicolas Seiwald: 6.3/10- He was brough on at the 60th minute and had very less to nil contribution in the game.

Lutsharel Geertruida: N/A.

Yussuf Poulsen: N/A.

Eljif Elmas: N/A.

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