Atletico 5-2 Real Madrid: Alvarez' brace brutally ends Blancos' winning streak

Atletico Madrid fought back from behind to inflict defeat on Real Madrid for the first time this season in a pulsating Madrid derby.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

3' What a recovery from Militao!

11' Great save Courtois

14' Le Normand scores a header! Atletico 1-0 Real Madrid

17' Great recovery from Jude Bellingham

19' Good crossing from Atletico but nobody catches it

20' Huge mistake from Carreras, nearly punished

22' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid

25' Mbappé equalizes it! Great assist from Guler! Atletico 1-1 Real Madrid

28' Highlight from Atletico vs Real Madrid

34' Vinicius' crossing blocked

36' Guler what a goal! Vinicius insane assist!! Atletico 1-2 Real Madrid

38' Atletico hit the post

39' Bad tackle on Carvajal, he’s in pain

43' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid

45' Asencio ON, Militao OFF

48' GOAL! Another cross and another header! Atletico 2-2 Real Madrid (Sørloth)

51' Penalty Goal! Atletico 3-2 Real Madrid (Alvarez)

56' Yellow Card! Lenglet booked

58' Great freekick from Alvarez

63' GOAL! Julian scores again! Atletico 4-2 Real Madrid (Julián Alvarez)

73' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid

77' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid

83' Vinicius's gesture with Koke after colliding with him untimely

92' Match Event for Atletico vs Real Madrid

Match Report

Alvarez scored twice in the space of 12 second-half minutes on Saturday, as Atletico snapped Xabi Alonso's winning start to life with Los Blancos.

The hosts went ahead in the 14th minute as Robin Le Normand rose above Aurelien Tchouameni to meet Giuliano Simeone's cross and score with a fine header.

Los Blancos soon dragged themselves level, though, as Arda Guder threaded a brilliant pass into the path of Kylian Mbappe, who coolly finished.

Guler then gave the visitors the lead after arriving late to guide a half-volley past Jan Oblak, following excellent work from Vinicius Junior.

Atletico thought they were back on level terms before the break but Clement Lenglet's effort from a corner was disallowed, as the defender was deemed to have handled it.

However, they did equalise on the stroke of half-time through Alexander Sorloth's header, which left Thibaut Courtois stranded in the Real goal.

Then, it was time for the Alvarez show.

Diego Simeone's team were awarded a penalty as Nicolas Gonzalez was caught in the face by a high boot from Guler, with Alvarez duly putting away the spot-kick.

The Argentina international then sent a fabulous free-kick beyond Courtois in the 63rd minute, and as Madrid pressed for a way back into the contest, they were caught cold on the counter as Antoine Griezmann slotted home in injury time.

Data Debrief: Alvarez's dead-ball prowess decisive 

Atleti had endured a slow start to the campaign, but this was certainly their best performance of 2025-26 to date. 

They were good value for the three points after registering 2.31 expected goals (xG) to their visitors' figure of 0.58, also edging the shot count by 13 to six.

Alvarez, who scored a hat-trick in their midweek win over Rayo Vallecano, led the way with a couple of dead-ball efforts.

He became just the second Atletico player to score a penalty and a direct free-kick goal in a single LaLiga match this century, after Luis Suarez in January 2021 against Cadiz.

It meant Alonso failed to follow in the footsteps of Vanderlei Luxemburgo, who was the last Madrid boss to win his first seven games at the helm in LaLiga, in 2005.

Line-ups

Atletico XI: Oblak, Koke, Lenglet, Sørloth, Llorente, Le Normand, Dávid Hancko, N. Gonzalez, Alvarez, Giuliano Simeone, Barrios

Subs: Griezmann, Musso, Galan, Molina, Giacomo Raspadori, Gallagher, Álex Baena, Matteo Ruggeri, Marc Pubill, Ilias Kostis, Carlos Martín, Taufik Seidu

Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Mbappe, Valverde, Militao, Tchouameni, Vinicius, Bellingham, Güler, Álvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen

Subs: Alaba, Ceballos, Brahim, Lunin, Fran García, Rodrygo, Camavinga, Gonzalo García, Raúl Asencio, Endrick, Sergio Mestre, Franco Mastantuono