Atletico 3-2 Athletic Club: Griezmann & Sørloth end 4-game La Liga losing streak

Game is over and the final score is Atletico 3-2 Athletic Club. Here is the match report.

Match Events

Atletico Madrid returned to winning ways in LaLiga with a 3-2 victory over Athletic Club at the Metropolitano.

Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Sorloth scored in the first 10 minutes of the second half, with the latter also netting in stoppage time to secure Atleti's first league win since March 14, ending a four-game losing run in the Spanish top-flight.

Athletic threatened early on, with Jan Oblak alert to deny Gorka Guruzeta, but the Atleti goalkeeper could do nothing to keep out Aitor Paredes's header from Inigo Ruíz de Galarreta's out-swinging corner in the 23rd minute.

The hosts had just one shot in the first half, though they scored with their first attempt after the break as Griezmann swept in from Alex Baena's deflected cross to restore parity.

Sorloth then put Atleti ahead in the 54th minute, playing a give-and-go with Baena inside the box before slotting into the bottom-right corner to complete the quick turnaround.

The Norwegian then wrapped up the victory with a counter-attack in the 93rd minute after a long ball from Nahuel Molina, which rendered Guruzeta's header in the sixth minute of stoppage time nothing but a consolation.

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Julian Alvarez was an unused substitute for Atleti, with their Champions League semi-final first leg against Arsenal coming up on Wednesday, but Sorloth made sure to get the job done for the home side.

He was responsible for five of Atleti's six shots, while he also won the most duels (11/16) and aerial duels (8/10) to help his side keep the ball and progress up the pitch.

Overall, Atleti produced 1.79 expected goals (xG) from their six attempts compared to Athletic's 0.56 from 12 shots, with Ernesto Valverde's side still three points off the European places.

Line-ups

Atletico XI: Oblak, Griezmann, Koke, Lenglet, Sørloth, Llorente, Álex Baena, Matteo Ruggeri, Marc Pubill, Giuliano Simeone, Barrios

Subs: Musso, Le Normand, Molina, N. Gonzalez, Alvarez, Johnny Cardoso, Javier Boñar, Salvi Esquivel, Rodrigo Mendoza, Obed Vargas, Julio Díaz

Athletic Club XI: Berchiche, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta, I.Williams, Gorosabel, Unai Simón, Gorka Guruzeta, Dani Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Nico Williams, Alejandro Rego, Unai Gómez

Subs: Laporte, Y.Álvarez, Vesga, Berenguer, Jesús Areso, Robert Navarro, Oihan Sancet, Nico Serrano, Álex Padilla, Urko Izeta, Adama Boiro, Eder García