The road towards breaking La Liga's Barça-Real duopoly has seen him win the Europa League, Copa del Rey and Uefa Super Cup with Atlético as well as finishing third in the league last season.
The final whistle was greeted by wild celebrations from the Atletico players and coaching staff, while the entire Nou Camp stood to applaud Diego Simeone's side as they finally ended the Barcelona-Real Madrid duopoly in Spanish football.
"Everybody realizes that the one thing that unites us as third parties is the real stranglehold the duopoly of Republicans and Democrats has on the system," Mr. Brooks said.
Atletico, who ended Barcelona and Real Madrid's duopoly to win last season's La Liga title for the first time since 1996, trailed to Mikel Rico's thumping header from a left-wing corner.
As a result, Málaga was forced to drop the ambition that it could mount a fresh challenge to the duopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona for dominance in Spain.
Before the start of the season, few would have predicted Atletico could break up the Spanish duopoly of Real and Barcelona but, with five matches left, the destination of the La Liga crown stays in their own hands.
Temporarily, at least, it has outmaneuvered what is arguably the most daunting duopoly in professional sports, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
There is a confidence abroad now that with £8bn expected for the Sky and BT domestic and global television rights deals for 2016-19, star names are being inexorably drawn here, with the exception of the Spanish TV rights-hogging duopoly of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Mid-term report: Few expected Atletico to end Real Madrid and Barcelona's monotonous duopoly by winning the Spanish title last season.
With little money in Spain outside the Barca and Madrid duopoly, there was a real chance for Malaga to become a powerful presence in La Liga following Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser al-Thani's initial big impression.
Mourinho broke the Manchester United-Arsenal duopoly with Chelsea before moving to Real Madrid via a Champions League triumph with Inter Milan.
