Atletico Madrid saw Jan Oblak forced off through injury as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat away at a fired-up Real Sociedad.
2019/2020 La Liga
2-0
Match Reports
Atletico Madrid's 100 per cent LaLiga record was emphatically ended on Saturday, as they lost 2-0 to a fired-up Real Sociedad in the first competitive fixture played at the Reale Arena.
Diego Simeone's side had managed three straight wins prior to the international break but turned in a below-par performance on the road, conceding two goals in a costly three-minute spell in the second half.
After a trio of away games at the start of the 2019-20 campaign, Sociedad excelled in front of a raucous crowd at their revamped home, albeit Martin Odegaard's opener owed much to a huge deflection off Stefan Savic.
They doubled their lead soon after through debutant Nacho Monreal, the former Arsenal defender seizing on a loose ball to poke home ahead of Jan Oblak.
Atletico's goalkeeper was injured in trying to prevent Monreal scoring and, after lengthy treatment on the field, was replaced by Antonio Adan, adding further to Simeone's concerns ahead of the start of the Champions League group stage in midweek.
Match Events
25' Excellent save from Oblak!
The first major chance of the match sees Isak slot a neat through ball to Oyarzabal from the edge of the box, but the resulting one-on-one effort is well-saved by Oblak to keep the scores level.
37' Oyarzabal comes close!
Oyarzabal rises highest in the box to direct a header towards goal and he gets it on target, but it deflects off Savic and runs out for a corner which Atletico are eventually able to clear.
58' GOAL! Real Sociedad 1-0 Atletico (Odegaard)
Merino embarks on a determined run down the right flank before showing great vision to pick out Odegaard in the centre, and he skipped past two Atletico challenges before firing the ball into the bottom right-hand corner. It looked like it deflected off the boot of Savic on the way into the net.
61' GOAL! Real Sociedad 2-0 Atletico (Monreal)
It’s a quick-fire double for the hosts as Isak rises high at the back post to nod the ball across goal, and Monreal is then on hand to poke it home from close range following Oblak’s attempt to palm it away.
65' Oblak goes off injured
Oblak looks like he wants to carry on, but it appears the medical team are advising him to be substituted as a precaution.
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