LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Diego Simeone said he faced repeated insults from the Anfield crowd before being sent off following an angry confrontation at the end of Atletico Madrid’s Champions League game against Liverpool on Wednesday.

The Atletico coach said he responded to provocation from the crowd after Virgil van Dijk scored a stoppage-time goal in Liverpool’s 3-2 win . It sparked a scuffle on the sideline with stewards and members of Atletico’s coaching team all caught up in the fracas.

Speaking through an interpreter after the game, Simeone said he was “getting insulted all game” and he reacted because “I’m a human.”

There were furious scenes at the end of the game at Anfield after Atletico had fought back from 2-0 down and then conceded in the second minute of added time to los

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