Valencia sit level at top with Atletico and Real Madrid on 10 points after they continued their strong start under new coach Jose Bordelas with a 4-1 win away at Osasuna. Real Madrid returned to the Santiago Bernabeu after 560 days away and Karim Benzema ensured it was a happy homecoming as his hat-trick inspired a thrilling 5-2 fightback against …
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid cancelled each other at the Camp Nou and that meant a win-win for Real Madrid who now know they will be champions if they get maximum points from their last four games, starting Sunday at home to Sevilla. Barcelona's Lionel Messi rues a missed opportunity during the stalemate with Atletico Madrid Ilaix Moriba heads a chance …
Atletico Madrid’s La Liga wobble continued as they were beaten 2-0 at home by Levante just three days before facing Chelsea in the Champions League. Levante beat LaLiga leaders Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Saturday afternoon Jose Luis Morales powered a shot past Jan Oblak to give Levante the lead in the 30th minute Atletico have now played the games in-hand …
Atletico Madrid have confirmed Thomas Lemar sustained a hamstring injury in his side's 2-1 victory at Real Betis and he is unlikely to feature in Saturday's clash with Levante. The France international was substituted after 57 minutes of Atleti's victory at Estadio Benito Villamarin, with his replacement Angel Correa scoring the visitors' first goal one minute after coming on. A …
Angel Correa and Alvaro Morata scored second-half goals as Atletico Madrid ended a run of five successive away draws in LaLiga, recording a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Real Betis. Diego Simeone's decision to send on Correa for the ineffectual Thomas Lemar early in the second half reaped a rapid return, the forward finding the net just 97 seconds after his …
Thomas Lemar hopes Antoine Griezmann will still be an Atletico Madrid player next season, while the winger accepts he has more work to do to fully adapt to life in LaLiga. That has led to renewed speculation that World Cup-winner Griezmann will depart for Camp Nou in a bid to assuage his desire to win the game's biggest prizes at …