Although Simeone continued to direct Atletico Madrid's players to attack in hopes of a comeback, the team became frustrated that a disconnection midfield produced few chances for Morata and Felix.
Molina received a late red card for pushing Baena from behind, and Moreno's deft finish gave Villarreal a deserved two-goal lead.
In this game I don't understand why they are pushing with 3 defenders even though if we look at the first game with a 5-3-2 formation it is clearly better for Atletico.
In this match even though there were 5 midfielders there, they still couldn't play well because their defense was also exploited again and again.
This result obviously makes Atletico a bit pessimistic even though in the first week they were very good.
Villareal is not a bad team neither, they were Europa winners a year prior and played in semi-finals of UCL last year as well, they are a pretty good team and I believe that we shouldn't be shocked to see them doing well enough.
Doesn't mean that we shouldn't be expecting ATM win in these type of games but doesn't mean that we are going to see them win all the time neither, it was a closer game then people imagine and it was definitely a good game to watch. I didn't wager at all, I wagered just on Barcelona this week from La Liga and that was good enough for me, but I would have probably gone for draw and not ATM win as well, which shows the possibilities.