Simeone will now demand a response from his side against Alaves next Saturday, while Athletic can look forward to a trip to Girona laden with confidence.
2018/2019 La Liga
2-0
Match Events
19' Oblak clears the ball before Williams gets a toe on it
Williams gives chase to a long ball played into his path and his pace forces Oblak to race out of his goal to thump it away.
58' NICE TRY! Williams' shot saved by Oblak
Williams darts into the box and drills a low effort at goal from the right-hand side of the box, but Oblak is on hand to make a comfortable save.
73' GOAL! Athletic Club 1-0 Atletico (Williams)
Williams makes it 1-0 to Athletic! Gimenez concedes possession deep in the Atletico half which allows Cordoba to pick it up on the left-hand side of the box before drilling an effort towards the back post. Williams was waiting behind the Atletico defenders to tap it home with ease.
85' GOAL! Athletic Club 2-0 Atletico (Kodro)
Kodro makes it 2-0 to Athletic! Another of Garitano's substitutes makes an instant impact after Gomez slid a nicely weighted ball into Kodro's path and his low effort deflected off Gimenez and looped over Oblak.
Line-ups
Athletic Club XI: R.García, San José, Muniain, Iago Herrerín, De Marcos, Berchiche, Ibai, D.García, Y.Álvarez, I.Williams, Núñez
Subs: Beñat, Balenziaga, Kodro, Lekue, Unai Simón, Córdoba, Peru Nolaskoain
Atletico XI: Juanfran, D. Godín, Diego Costa, J. Oblak, A. Griezmann, Morata, Saúl, Koke, T.Partey, J. Giménez, R.Hernández
Subs: N. Kalinić, T. Lemar, Correa, A. Solano, Víctor Mollejo, Alex dos Santos, Francisco Montero