Diego Simeone stresses Atletico Madrid enjoy being "annoying" to their opponents.

"The idea and the expectations are to be an annoying team," Simeone said on Friday. "We want teams to be bothered when they play Atletico. We've done that, but the most difficult thing is to maintain it and, above all, to keep winning.

"It seems simple, it seems that with good players you can win, and it's not always the case.

"We're thinking game by game, we improve ourselves and that's how we are," the former Argentina midfielder added of his side's title challenge. "We know we can improve and the objective is to grow from an Atletico Madrid point of view, without looking at other teams."