Antoine Griezmann admitted Juventus were superior on all levels as the Atletico Madrid star bemoaned his team s Champions League last-16 elimination at the hands of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Atletico surrendered a 2-0 first-leg lead after Ronaldo s hat-trick saw Juventus win 3-0 in Turin on Tuesday to complete a stunning comeback.
Ronaldo s record-equalling eighth three-goal haul in the competition moved him level with Lionel Messi for Champions League hat-tricks as Juve overcame Atletico 3-2 on aggregate.
Atletico – losing finalists in 2014 and 2016 – struggled throughout and Griezmann lamented the side s performance away from home.
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We didn t play the game we wanted to, it was a bad night and we made it easier for Juventus, Griezmann told Sky Sport Italia.
We are all disappointed, as we just didn t play. I m the first to say I didn t do enough, our tempo was wrong and Juventus were superior on every level.
Considering we won the first leg 2-0, we can t say much. I don t know what happened, it reminded me a little of the Bayern Munich game, but that time we were able to make some adjustments. Tonight, Juve were superior on all levels.
Ronaldo is a great player: he had three chances and scored three goals.
Ronaldo set the tone with his 27th-minute opener before heading past Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak again four minutes into the second half.
The 34-year-old superstar then completed the fightback from the penalty spot with four minutes remaining
Atletico captain Diego Godin added: We weren t able to find ways to attack them. They were able to score and we couldn t score the goal that we needed to qualify. We will continue giving it our all until the end of the season.
