Alvaro Morata had a moment of madness as Atletico Madrid went top of La Liga after defeating Mallorca 2-0.
2019/2020 La Liga
0-2
Match Report
The Chelsea loanee was substituted onto the pitch, booked and sent off moments later for saying too much to the referee in a moment of madness.
Diego Costa opened the scoring with a first half header from a a corner swung in by Koke while Atletico were made to work hard to maintain their lead owing to pressure from the home side.
Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak was fortunate not to see the ball trickle over his own goal line after it ricocheted off the Slovenian keeper before Felix pounced in the box to see a deflected shot find its way into the back of the net.
Match Events
26' GOAL! Mallorca 0-1 Atletico (Costa)
GOAL! Atletico take the lead! Mallorca only clear Koke's initial corner back to the Spaniard, and the midfielder is able to send the ball back into the area. Costa rises higher than everybody else on the penalty spot and powers a header into the bottom right corner.
30' VAR cancels Atleti's penalty call
Atletico think they should have a penalty after Sastre seemingly handled Costa's cross in the area. After consulting VAR, the referee overrules his initial decision to award a penalty against Sastre due to a handball by Joao Felix in the build-up.
44' CHANCE! Felix's header stopped by Reina
SMART SAVE! Joao Felix's close-range header from Vitolo's cross is expertly saved by Reina who was well placed to deny the Portuguese international in the centre of the goal.
47' OFF THE POST TWICE! Kubo nearly scores
64' GOAL! Mallorca 0-2 Atletico (Felix)
GOAL! The visitors double their lead! Following the free-kick from the right, Mallorca once again fail to clear their lines and Joao Felix’s ambitious left-footed effort on the turn from the centre of the box takes a huge deflection before looping into the bottom left corner.
77' Second Yellow Card! Morata sent off
RED CARD! Rather incredibly, Morata, who has only been on the field for eight minutes, is shown a second yellow card for dissent after exchanging words with Sevilla just moments after the initial booking.
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