Atletico 3-1 Granada: Depay scores stunner in La Liga opener as Morata nets

Atletico Madrid opened their LaLiga campaign with a 3-1 victory over Granada.

Match Report

The hosts opened the scoring on the cusp of half-time, with Alvaro Morata beating goalkeeper Andre Ferreira moments before the whistle blew for the interval.

However, they were pegged back on 62 minutes, Samu silencing the bumper crowd at the Wanda Metropolitano after touching home Gonzalo Villar's low cross.

But Atletico moved back ahead in stunning fashion after Memphis Depay drove forward with the ball and dispatched a thunderbolt into the top corner.

Marcos Llorente then netted deep inside stoppage time to secure the three points. 

Line-ups

Atletico XI: Azpilicueta, Oblak, Savic, Griezmann, Morata, Koke, Carrasco, Lemar, De Paul, Hermoso, Llorente

Subs: Saul , Depay, Ivo Grbic, Correa, Soyuncu, Javi Galán, Felix, Samuel Lino, Riquelme, Ilias Kostis, Pablo Barrios, Antonio Gomis

Granada XI: Callejon, Ignasi Miquel, Gumbau, André Ferreira, Vallejo, Myrto Uzuni, Carlos Neva, Melendo, Sergio Ruiz, Miguel Rubio, Samuel Omorodion

Subs: Raúl Fernández, Víctor Díaz, Alberto Perea, Antonio Puertas, Wilson Manafá, Famara Diédhiou, Gonzalo Villar, Petrovic, Adrian Lopez, Ricard Sánchez, Miki Bosch, Bryan Zaragoza