Atletico Madrid made comfortable work of beating Getafe on Saturday to move to within two points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona.
2018/2019 La Liga
2-0
Match Report
Atletico Madrid made it three consecutive wins in LaLiga with a 2-0 defeat of Getafe at the Wanda Metropolitano.
First-half strikes from Antoine Griezmann and Saul Niguez sealed the points for Diego Simeone's side on Saturday to keep the pressure on league leaders Barcelona, as Getafe ended the match with nine men.
Atleti have never been beaten or even conceded a goal against their neighbours in Simeone's seven years in charge, and another positive result appeared inevitable once Griezmann broke the deadlock with his side's first shot of the match in the 27th minute.
Saul pounced to score a second before the break, which proved enough for Atleti, although a relatively comfortable outing was spoiled by the loss of Diego Godin to a thigh problem.
Match Events
27'GOAL! Atletico 1-0 Getafe (Griezmann)
GRIEZMANN PUTS ATLETICO AHEAD! The Frenchman seemed to have a lot of space as he got the ball outside the box. He had the chance to take one touch to set himself before hitting his shot low into the bottom corner past Soria. 1-0 Atletico!
37'GOAL! Atletico 2-0 Getafe (Saul)
SAUL MAKES IT TWO! Kalinic had the initial attempt after getting on the end of Lucas' cross, and he took it first time from point-blank range and Soria made a great save to deny him. Saul got on the end of the rebound though and put the ball into the back of an empty net. 2-0 Atletico!
88' Second Yellow Card! Dakonam sent off
RED CARD FOR DAKONAM! He took out Lemar from behind to receive his second yellow card of the game, before being shown a red and having to leave the field.
92' Second Yellow Card! Cabrera sent off
Cabrera is shown his second yellow card for dissent, before receiving the second red card of the match.
Player Ratings
Line-ups
Atletico XI: D. Godín, N. Kalinić, S. Arias, Jan Oblak, A. Griezmann, Saúl, T. Lemar, T.Partey, J. Giménez, L. Hernández, R.Hernández
Subs: Juanfran, Adán, Toni Moya, Víctor Mollejo, Joaquín Muñoz, Francisco Montero, Borja Garcés
Getafe XI: Antunes, D.Suárez, A.Rodríguez, Molina, Cabrera, F.Portillo, B.González, Dakonam, Maksimovic, David Soria, Arambarri
Subs: Mathieu Flamini, Samu Sáiz, Miquel, L. Chichizola, Cristóforo, Jaime Mata, Hugo Duro