Diego Simeone praised Jonathan David's "calm finishing" and said he brings "something different" to the team after the Canada forward scored his first goal for Atlético Madrid in a 3-0 win at Real Sociedad on Sunday.

Lee Kang-in of Atlético Madrid (AT Madrid) was substituted out in the 15th minute of the second half during a frustrating game flow in an away match against Real Sociedad. The team overturned the difficult game into a three-goal victory by scoring three goals in the closing stages.

Diego Simeone says Atlético Madrid must improve at the back to start winning again. Atlético have had a difficult week with Tuesday’s 2-1 Champions League defeat at Liverpool following the 3-0 loss at Athletic Bilbao last weekend.

Follow UCL action live from Anfield, as Liverpool and Atlético meet on matchday one of the league phase today, Wednesday, September 9.

Six-time European champions Liverpool will look to put its indifferent start to its domestic season to one side on Wednesday as it takes on Spanish giants Atletico Madrid in a tricky opening Champions League fixture at Anfield.

Real Madrid were able to return to winning ways in LaLiga with a 4-1 win over Rayo Vallecano, though the performance was far from perfect as the team lost focus in the second half.Nevertheless, focus

Atletico Madrid signed Canadian striker Jonathan David on a season-long loan from Juventus with a €25 million non-obligatory buy option on

Iraola will be relieved that his team were able to shake off Marcos Llorente’s opening goal — remarkably, his fifth at Anfield — courtesy of Dominik Szoboszlai (after a lovely backheel by Ronald Araujo) and a thunderbolt from Alexis Mac Allister, whose future has been the subject of more debate this week.