Alexander Sorloth’s double helped Atletico Madrid come from behind to beat Leganes 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday. Diego Simeone’s crew struggled in opposition to the minnows from the south of Madrid however after Yvan Neyou blasted the guests forward Sorloth levelled with a superb end and Antoine Griezmann slid dwelling the second. Norwegian goal man Sorloth wrapped up the victory late in stoppage time with a poacher’s end. Victory took Atletico third, reducing the hole on leaders Barcelona to 4 factors earlier than the Catalans host Sevilla later Sunday.
“In the second half we improved a bit, above all in rushing up the sport,” Simeone advised Movistar.
Atletico got here into the sport with only one victory of their final 5 matches throughout all competitions.
They shared 1-1 attracts with Rayo Vallecano, rivals Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, in addition to struggling a 4-0 thrashing at Benfica within the Champions League.
No supporters stuffed the decrease a part of the Metropolitano stadium’s south stand, closed by the Spanish soccer federation after some Atletico followers threw objects at Real Madrid gamers through the derby in September.
Leganes took a deserved first half lead when Neyou hammered into the highest nook previous the helpless Jan Oblak.
Simeone took motion within the second half with a slate of adjustments, together with changing Rodrigo Riquelme together with his son Giuliano Simeone.
The 21-year-old midfielder performed his half in Atletico’s triumph, after Sorloth’s intelligent flicked end from Axel Witsel’s cut-back helped the hosts pull degree within the 69th minute.
Giuliano did brilliantly to maintain the ball in on the correct flank and his cross to the close to submit was turned dwelling by Griezmann, sliding in earlier than goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic.
“In these weeks I’ve been working rather a lot on this place (on the correct) and I’m actually pleased with my efficiency and help for Griezmann,” Giuliano advised Movistar.
“But (the win was) concerning the angle of the entire crew within the second half, we knew we had to enhance.”
Griezmann was later proven a pink card for a excessive deal with on Neyou, however the referee downgraded it to a yellow after a VAR evaluate confirmed the previous France worldwide had slipped.
Giuliano survived a late Leganes attraction for a penalty when he tangled with Munir El Haddadi, who fell beneath his problem in Atletico’s space.
Sorloth confirmed the Rojiblancos’ win with an in depth vary end late on for his third league purpose since becoming a member of this summer season from Villarreal.
“We did good work and did not get the reward for it, so it hurts,” mentioned Neyou, with Leganes sitting seventeenth.
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