Atlético scored three points that could be vital at the end of the season, added after they defeated Athletic in a pending match they had and took more advantage of their supporters in the Spanish League standings.
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Following the 0-1 score that Muniain scored in the minute, Marcos Llorente and Luis Suárez gave the victory of the team led by Cholo Simeone to reach 62 points in the standings.
Now, Atlético take six points from Barcelona and eight from Real Madrid, who have already completed the 26 games played so far.
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The next day, the mattresses will visit Getafe, Barcelona will host Huesca at the Camp Nou, and the meringues will be local at Elche.
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Atlético de Madrid returned and defeated Athletic de Bilbao 2-1 at home on Wednesday, in a postponed match of the 18th league match, increasing their advantage at the top of the Spanish championship.
Athletic continued with Iker Muniain’s goal (21), but in the first half, Marcos Llorente reduced it to 1-1 (45 + 2), and Luis Suárez scored a 2-2 penalty (51), which allowed the Reds away from their followers.
Atlético consolidates its lead in the league with a six-point advantage over Barcelona, ranked second and eight points ahead of Real Madrid, which closes the podium in the Spanish championship.
Rojiblancos regains his momentum in LaLiga, winning only one of the last four matches of the Spanish championship, before this match.
Diego Simeone’s players now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle.
The Basque team, which is trying to reach the European positions in the championship, took advantage of this domination to go further when Muniain completed a pass from Iñaki Williams’ baseline to the penalty spot, making it 1-0 (21) .
The goal strengthened Athletic’s dominance against an Atlético that was difficult to reach from the side and could not connect with Luis Suárez in front. Very isolated, the Uruguayan striker just appeared in the first half.