Atletico 1-0 Leganes: Saul on target to seal Atletico win ahead of Juve clash

Game is over and the final score is Atletico 1-0 Leganes. Saul Niguez scored the rebound from his saved penalty to give Aletico Madrid a narrow victory over Leganes on Saturday.

Match Report

Atletico Madrid kept the pressure on LaLiga leaders Barcelona with a routine 1-0 win over Leganes at the Wanda Metropolitano.

Substitute Saul Niguez buried the rebound from his saved second-half penalty to temporarily reduce Barca's lead to four points, with the champions hosting struggling Rayo Vallecano later on Saturday.

Diego Simeone, who removed Antoine Griezmann after a goalless first 45 minutes, will now turn his team's attention to Tuesday's crunch trip to Juventus in the Champions League.

Match Events

29' NICE TRY! Griezmann's shot saved

Vitolo picks it up in midfield and finds Griezmann who tries his luck from range. His swerving effort tested Lunin, but the Leganes keeper was able to palm the ball away.

50'GOAL! Atletico 1-0 Leganes (Saul)

GOAL! Saul puts Atletico 1-0 up! The midfielder saw his penalty saved by Lunin, who guessed he would aim for the bottom right-hand corner. However, the goalkeeper could only parry the ball back into the path of Saul, who fired home the rebound.

52' CHANCE! Partey's shot saved

Lemar drives forward and lays it off to Partey who unleashes a ferocious strike from 30 yards out, but it is pushed over the bar by Lunin.

61' CLOSE! Lemar's free kick saved

CLOSE! Lemar steps up and curls the free-kick towards the top left-hand corner, but it canons off the post. Atletico were inches away from doubling their lead.

Rating

Line-ups

Atletico XI: N. Kalinić, S. Arias, J. Oblak, Savic, A. Griezmann, Vitolo, T.Partey, J. Giménez, Correa, R.Hernández , A. Solano

Subs: Juanfran, Adán, Morata, Saúl, T. Lemar, Tachi Rodríguez, Joaquín Muñoz

Leganes XI: Nyom, R.Pérez, M. Braithwaite, K. Omeruo, D. Reyes, Eraso, Rodrigo Tarín, Vesga, V. Kravets, Andriy Lunin, Y. En-Nesyri

Subs: Zhar, Juanfran, Michael Santos, Carrillo, Andrés Prieto, Gumbau, José Arnáiz