Diego Simeone hails "complete" Atletico Madrid performance

Diego Simeone has praised his Atletico Madrid side for a "complete" performance during their 3-1 victory over Malaga.

The La Liga champions were two up at the break and, despite the fact that Roque Santa Cruz reduced the deficit in the 64th minute, Diego Godin sealed the win late on to hand Atletico their fourth successive home league win.

"They played very well. I think the team performed very seriously," Simeone is quoted as saying by FourFourTwo. "We understood very well that we had to erode Malaga's defence as they were playing very well.

"We closed up very well so our opponent couldn't attack us. Then we managed to counter-attack. We applied a very high pressure.

"The ball circulated fluidly and we played a very complete match."

The result leaves Simeone's side trailing league leaders Real Madrid by four points in the table.