I don’t buy all this “masters of the dark arts” media shite about Atleti which seems to stem from the fact that for once Utd didn’t have a ref who bent over backwards to help them. When Bruno and Ron and Rash and Sancho fling themselves to the floor from minimal contact or McGuire and McTom boot fuck out of more skilful players doesn’t that count as dark arts ?
The fact is that any professional team worth its salt will use all means at its disposal to stifle a more skilful team. We see it 17 or 18 times a season at home so nothing Atleti do in that regard will surprise us.