"This season has been more downs than ups, but I feel we've turned it around and we're coming good".
"Because ultimately, all players want to play at the highest level and the Champions League is the highest level".
At the other end Antoine Griezmann, scorer of the penalty which separated the sides in Madrid, had Leicester's hearts in their mouths with a surging run into the area but his unselfish pull back was just in front of a tumbling Carrasco.
"Before you try to make headlines, we're not one of the greats only in that sense".
Vardy, whose goals propelled Leicester to the most unlikely of Premier League titles last season - a year after the club narrowly avoided relegation - has rediscovered his fire after a post-title funk that cost manager Claudio Ranieri his job.
Atletico dominated possession in the early going, though it was host forward Shinji Okazaki who got the first chance of the night in the 21st minute, only to send the ball over the crossbar, reports Efe.
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Jaime Vardy equalized in the second half by smashing in a deflected shot off Atletico defender Stefan Savic, but Leicester could not register the two goals they needed to advance after that.
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But, as we say, he did show the occasional moment of brilliance.
Atletico Madrid are a side built in the image and likeness of their manager Diego Simeone - talented, uncompromising and streetwise. "There are plenty of games to go and we want to finish on a high".
Speaking after the game, the Argentine boss said: "I'm full of emotions, full of pride for the performance of my team".
And Leicester may now be without captain Wes Morgan - who returned after a six-game absence with a back injury - for the rest of the season after he limped out late with an apparent hamstring injury. "It was nearly a pleasure to compete against them", Simeone said through a translator.
Vardy, Leonardo Ulloa and Riyad Mahrez all went close as the Foxes pushed for a second which never came. It was nearly a pleasure to compete against them. "We were living in fear all night". I thought we played alright first half, but we needed to be more of a threat.
They did just that and as the minutes ticked away so did Leicester's belief in another incredible chapter of a story that has captivated world football. "We've got to aspire for it", he said.
Vardy had not had a genuine sniff of goal in the first hour as Atletico's well-oiled defensive machine kept Leicester largely at arm's length, but he made no mistake with his first opportunity in the 60th minute.
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