The mentality and confidence of Atletico Madrid players have been destroyed so I am not surprised by the bad results they have achieved again and indeed for the competition for the La Liga title this season is over for Atletico Madrid it all started when they lost points in the continuation of the La Liga match and were eliminated from the Champion League so that their mentality decreased and continued until now.
And now for the competition for the La Liga title only Barcelona and Real Madrid are left, Atletico Madrid are no longer capable and indeed in terms of quality and consistency Atletico Madrid are not as good as Real Madrid and Barcelona.
I thought Atletico Madrid after being eliminated from the big competition Champions League will focus on rebuilding their confidence in La Liga, but with this defeat proves that later in the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona we can't expect anything. And Barcelona who are getting stronger day by day can easily win the trophy.
Unfortunately for Simeone's team, if Barcelona beat Girona tomorrow, the gap between Barcelona and Real from Atletico will be 9 points and I think Simeone's team will not be able to reduce this gap and after this draw, Real Madrid and Barcelona will fight for the victory in La Liga with a probability of 90%.
In the match with Espanyol everything went according to Atletico's scenario, because they were the first to score, confidently held Espanyol, but Clement Langlais, who was rented from Barcelona, fouled in the penalty box and allowed Espanyol to level the score.