For years Atletico Madrid is playing the same way, and I remember seeing the same scenario with this team when they play against strong teams like Barcelona or Real Madrid. The main issue is with their old tactics of defending too much and depending only on counterattacking once they score a goal, and the players alone cannot make a consistent difference if the coach doesn’t really give them orders and command them to create chances.
It’s weird to see the team having the same defeats over and over again, and the coach is not even trying to change his tactics. The same thing goes with Ancelotti too, when we see Real Madrid team suffers from a loss during the game, or some players are committing mistakes several times, stubborn coaches like these are not doing any changes, I believe just because they don’t want to show their tactics failing but instead, they make it look as the players’ fault.
Historical dominance still place a huge roles in Barcelona and Real Madrid games with Atletico. I mean for years now, Simeone isn't the only coach that has carried this club for years, there are other people that has carried it with their whole body and soul but anytime they have match against Real Madrid and Barcelona, they lose to them because of this historica Derby thing, each team play like it's a norm and culture not lose and you can see how they play aggressively like their life depend on it.
Atletico Madrid defensive was actually bad, you can't have 2 goals and allow your opponent to comfortably balance to equalized everything, the defenders couldn't hold a 10 minutes game before the game ended. I also think many defenders has underrated as small but mighty Yamal is and the impact he is to Barcelona. There was a special role he was purposely brought for Barcelona to fill and it's giving the vibes of Neymar in Barcelona, if they remember what he did, they wouldn't have allowed him freely yesterday.