Endika PortilloBRAND
Atletico Madrid returned to the top of LaLiga Santander as she sneaked a 2-1 win over 10 men Alaves at Mendizorroza on Sundays. Diego SimeoneThe team had slipped behind Real Madrid in the table after Saturday’s results.
Los Rojiblancos then took the lead in the Basque Country Luis Suarez provided Marcos Llorente, whose deviated blow found a way past Fernando Pacheco from the edge of the box.
The difficulty of the hosts’ job grew by the hour when Victor LaguardiaThe yellow card for a challenge on Thomas Lemar was upgraded to a red following a VAR assessment.
Despite their disadvantage on the team magazine, Alaves found a way back into the game, with Florian Lejeune forcing Jan Oblak to make a smart save with 10 minutes to go.
The pressure of Pablo Cars‘s side was then rewarded shortly afterwards Felipe led Joselu’s pass into his own net.
However, when the match fell through in the 90th minute, Joao Felix chose Suarez in the back post for the winner of Atletico.
Simeone’s team is now two points ahead of Real Madrid at the top of LaLiga Santander, having played two fewer games than their city rivals.