Atletico is now on top of the table after winning against Bilbao in Wanda Metropolitano, capitalizing on the loss of Real Madrid on the same evening.
Atletico Madrid Reclaimed The Top Spot In Table After Winning 1-0 To Atletic Bilbao
Simeone knew that winning a match against Bilbao would help his team to create a 2 point gap with Real Madrid in La Liga as Los Blancos faced defeat against Real Betis on Saturday. The Spanish league has now become interesting, as this top spot might be clinched by Barca if Hansi Flick’s boys win against Sociedad on Sunday.
Alvarez Becomes the Savior For Simeone
The low block of both teams made it difficult to take on target shots, resulting in 4 and 3 on target shots for Atletico Madrid and Bilbao, respectively. Atletico got the opportunity to break the deadlock in the first half through Alexander Sorloth, who missed a header from Antoine Griezmann’s pass and again from Giuliano Simeone’s cross.
First half went goalless, and in the second half, the substitute of Atletico Madrid created and scored the goal. In the 66th minute, a line-breaking pass came from Marcos Llorente that was attacked by Juliean Alverez, who took one touch before finishing the ball into the net.
Atletico Tracked Back To The Title Race With High Competition
The goalscorer of the match stated, “A very important victory. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. We’re up there and we’re in the fight. We had a lot of chances. We had to score and luckily the goal came. The important thing is the team, and we’re still in the fight (for the title).”
With the win, Atletico has 56 points, 2 points clear from Real Madrid and Barcelona. Barcelona has one match advantage that could help Catalans to get the top position pushing Atletico Madrid to the second.
H/T- Sports Star
