Diego Godin has claimed that Atletico Madrid were lacking intensity to their play in the 1-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena.

Hakan Calhanoglu's strike handed the Bundesliga side the advantage in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie, and Godin believes that Atletico struggled to put as much pressure on the hosts without the ball.

"It's not a great result but the tie is still open. We have to play at the Calderon and do things very well there," the Uruguayan told Canal +.

"I think we were lacking a bit of intensity without the ball. We're not a team with great fluidity on the ball but we're usually the favourites in the game without it.

"The opposition were also very intense - it would have been easy otherwise. They played very well. We would have liked to be better but we couldn't do it."

Atletico host the sides' next meeting on March 17.

Written by
Callum Mulvihill