Filipe Luis' header had Atletico Madrid on course for top spot in LaLiga but Mario Gaspar had other ideas.
2018/2019 La Liga
1-1
Match Events
51'GOAL! Villarreal 0-1 Atletico (Filipe Luis)
Goal! Villarreal 0, Atlético de Madrid 1. Griezmann's inswinging free-kick was headed against his own crossbar by Ramiro Funes Mori and Luis nodded in the rebound from 10 yards.
65'GOAL! Villarreal 1-1 Atletico (Gaspar)
Goal! Villarreal 1, Atlético de Madrid 1. Mario Gaspar scores from a side-footed, deflected shot after Atleti fail to clear a low Bacca cross
Match Report
Atletico Madrid missed the opportunity to go top of LaLiga as Mario Gaspar's strike secured a 1-1 draw for Villarreal at the Estadio de la Ceramica.
After a sluggish start to the season, which saw Atletico win just one of their opening four games, Diego Simeone's side had given themselves a glorious chance of reaching the league's summit with three wins in their last four outings.
Filipe Luis looked to have set them on their way to another victory, heading in after 51 minutes, but Mario's deflected effort 14 minutes later earned Javi Calleja's side a deserved point.
Line-ups
Villarreal XI: Manuel Iturra, Sergio Asenjo, S.Cazorla, Gaspar, J.Costa, R.F Mori, Gerard Moreno, A.González, Trigueros, Pedraza, P.Fornals
Subs: Bonera, Andrés Fernández, C. Bacca, M. Layún, Ekambi, Dani Raba, S. Cáseres
Atletico XI: Juanfran, Filipe Luis, N. Kalinić, Jan Oblak, A. Griezmann, Saúl, Koke, T.Partey, J. Giménez, L. Hernández, R.Hernández
Subs: D. Godín, Antonio Adán, S. Arias, Vitolo, T. Lemar, Correa, Borja Garcés