Sam Allardyce claims Diego Simeone would be called "boring" in the Premier League
Sam Allardyce claims that if Diego Simeone managed a Premier League team everybody would say he's "boring".
The Sunderland manager watched the Champions League semi-final calsh against Bayern Munich and gave his thoughts on it.
"Seeing Atletico Madrid last night, how they played and how they then defended what they had against a side that is one of the favourites to win the Champions League and is well ahead in the German league," he said.
"It's an art, defending - everybody has forgotten that - it's a tactical art to be able to sense danger and block people's crosses and get your toe in without fouling them now, and they are very, very good at it indeed.
"The whole team buys into it. You see Fernando Torres on the edge of his own box defending - you never saw that at Liverpool or Chelsea.
"That's how good the manager is and that's why they are successful. They are successful because they concede fewer goals than everybody else and only need one to win in.
"Now, everybody can say, 'Well, that's not entertaining', but everybody is eulogising Simeone's tactics now. I wouldn't think they would do that in the Premier League so much. 'He's boring this guy, he defends too much' - that's what he'd get here."
