La Liga: Atletico Madrid Overwhelm Barcelona With Agreeable Alaves Win

Atletico Madrid facilitated to a 2-1 win over Alaves on Sunday to transcend champions Barcelona to third in La Liga. After association pioneers Genuine Madrid beat the Catalans 2-1 in Saturday’s Clasico, Diego Simeone’s Atletico took full benefit to push a point forward of Xavi Hernandez’s side. Atletico trail Los Blancos and second-place Girona by three, having played a game less. Alvaro Morata scored and set up Rodrigo Riquelme’s opener as Atletico traveled to triumph over Alaves, seventeenth, at the Metropolitano arena.

Ander Guevara pulled one back at the passing for Alaves yet it was short of what was needed.

Atletico have now won 14 back to back association matches at home, equalling the club’s unsurpassed record set in 2013 at their previous arena, the Vicente Calderon.

“(The record) isn’t by some coincidence, at home with our fans we feel more good, they cause us to feel more grounded, this success is vital as far as we’re concerned,” Riquelme told Movistar.

“We’re on the correct way, going game by game and we aren’t contemplating the association table.”

Riquelme sent Atletico ahead following 26 minutes when Antoine Griezmann sneaked through Morata, who crossed to the back post.

The Spanish midfielder keenly opened up a few space and glimmered a shot into the close to top corner.

Morata multiplied Atletico’s benefit not long before half-time when he accumulated Koke’s long ball, cut inside from the right and cleared home.

Griezmann had an objective denied in the final part for a foul by Marcos Llorente in the development as Atletico generally traveled.

Alaves pulled one back somewhere down in stoppage time when Guevara struck from the edge of the container, with goalkeeper Jan Oblak halfway to fault as he ought to have kept the shot out.

“We were much better in the last part, we ought to have played like that in the principal half,” Alaves protector Javi Lopez told Movistar.

“We haven’t had great outcomes from home … (be that as it may, on the off chance that we contend this way, the outcomes will come.”

Prior Bebe’s fine late strike procured Rayo Vallecano a 2-2 draw against high-flying Genuine Sociedad.

The previous Manchester Joined midfielder got an imperative stoppage-time objective for the subsequent week pursuing his late punishment against Las Palmas last end of the week.

Mikel Oyarzabal scored a support for La Genuine, fifth, after Abdul Mumin opened the scoring for Rayo, yet Bebe pounded home a low drive from significant distance to share the crown jewels.

Rayo Vallecano are seventh, level on focuses with eighth-put Betis, who beat Osasuna 2-1 prior on because of Isco’s amazing late objective.

The ex-Genuine Madrid playmaker set up Willian Jose for the opener and afterward after Ruben Garcia seemed to safeguard the guests a point, Isco streaked a strike home in stoppage time to please the Benito Villamarin.