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Antoine Griezmann pulled the strings for Atletico Madrid as they shredded Ruben Baraja’s helpless Valencia 3-Zero in La Liga on Saturday.
The French ahead opened the scoring for the hosts on the Metropolitano and continued his personal very good type with one other tremendous show on the coronary heart of Diego Simeone’s facet.
Yannick Carrasco doubled Atletico’s lead early within the second half and Thomas Lemar sealed the win, with the Rojiblancos, third, shifting six factors away from fourth-placed Actual Sociedad, having performed a recreation extra.
The defeat leaves the troubled Los Che 17th, degree on 26 factors with Getafe, 18th, who host Sevilla on Sunday.
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Atletico recorded a fifth win in six La Liga video games and tightened their maintain on third place with a assured show, the sort they might not discover within the first half of the marketing campaign.
“Earlier than the World Cup nothing was going for us, and now the whole lot is,” Atletico midfielder Marcos Llorente advised DAZN.
“The staff is joyful, and looking out ahead to maintain on successful video games, and the target is to complete as excessive as we are able to.
“We all know all we’ve left is La Liga so we are going to attempt to climb ranks. Above us we’ve large groups, why not attempt to catch them up?”
Memphis Depay missed two good possibilities for Atletico early on earlier than Griezmann broke the impasse after 23 minutes.
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Llorente burst ahead and fed the striker, and whereas there was a stroke of luck about his first contact, which appeared to bounce off his foot and set the ball up properly, the second was a neat end for his ninth league purpose of the season.
Valencia thought they’d responded via Hugo Duro however his strike was dominated out by VAR for a foul on the different finish of the pitch by Dimitri Foulquier.
– Atletico stroll –
The primary half was intense and pretty even, however Atletico strolled to victory within the second after Carrasco tucked house from shut vary quickly after the break.
Griezmann threaded a tremendous go via for Alvaro Morata, who left Valencia defender Eray Comert within the mud and crossed for Lemar to move house.
“The staff is doing very effectively, when the group is sweet and the staff competes in the best way it’s competing, it’s a tough one (to face),” Simeone advised DAZN.
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“We might have been higher in our ending, we have been producing possibilities, however didn’t have the decisiveness to kill off the sport. Within the second half, the objectives got here.
“We’re pleased with how the staff is rising.”
Samuel Lino hit the put up for Valencia late on however they might not even handle a comfort strike on one other deeply worrying away day for Baraja’s facet.
“We’re actually down, we didn’t have a superb recreation,” Valencia captain Jose Gaya advised DAZN.
“The disallowed purpose affected us. (The ref) didn’t suppose it was a foul and with VAR, he modified the choice.”
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The defeat was Baraja’s third in 5 video games since taking up the facet he used to play for in February.
“We’re very dissatisfied. Since I’ve been right here that is the sport the place we’ve been the least recognisable (as Valencia),” Baraja mentioned.
– Penalty pitfall –
Rayo Vallecano have been held to a 2-2 draw by Girona after lacking a penalty which Oscar Trejo tried to go to Isi Palazon.
Trejo noticed a primary spot-kick saved by Paulo Gazzaniga however was allowed to take it once more for encroachment by Girona.
On his second try, he laid the ball off to the onrushing Palazon, who fired over.
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In 2016 Barcelona efficiently executed the transfer in La Liga, with Lionel Messi passing a penalty to Luis Suarez, who scored in opposition to Celta Vigo.
Trejo and Palazon’s miss introduced again reminiscences of Arsenal making an attempt the identical transfer in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League in 2005 when Robert Pires tried to go to Thierry Henry however bungled the transfer.
The draw leaves Rayo provisionally eighth whereas Girona sit 12th.
Celta Vigo received 3-1 at Espanyol with proficient midfielder Gabri Veiga scoring a tremendous purpose to proceed his good type.
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