JAKARTA - Atletico Madrid ended a losing streak after defeating Athletic Club with a score of 3-2 in the 32nd week of the Spanish League at the Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid, Saturday local time.
In this match, Atletico Madrid won thanks to goals from Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Sorloth (2), while Athletic Club was ahead and narrowed the gap through Aitor Paredes and Gorka Guruzeta, according to La Liga's notes.
This victory also ended Atletico Madrid's four-game losing streak, which had previously been defeated by Elche, Sevilla, Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Now Atletico Madrid is in fourth place in the Spanish League standings with 60 points from 33 matches, 10 points ahead of Real Betis in fifth place.
On the other hand, Athletic Club is in ninth place in the Spanish League standings with 41 points from 33 matches, three points behind the European competition zone.
Bilbao created the first opportunity in this match and had a threat through Gorka Guruzeta's shot which could be saved by Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
The visiting team managed to take the lead in the 23rd minute through Aitor Paredes' goal after receiving a corner kick from Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta so that the score changed to 1-0.
Entering the second half, Atletico was able to equalize to 1-1 in the 49th minute through Antoine Griezmann's goal taking advantage of a rebound in the Bilbao penalty box.
Atletico managed to turn the tide in the 54th minute after Alex Baena's pass was converted into a goal by Alexander Sorloth so that the score changed to 2-1.
Diego Simeone's squad was able to increase their lead to 3-1 in the 90+3 minute thanks to Sorloth's second goal whose shot hit the Bilbao goal net.
Bilbao responded by successfully reducing their deficit to 2-3 after a pass from Alejander Rego was greeted by a header from Gorka Guruzeta in the 90+7 minute.
In the remaining time, Atletico managed to maintain their victory over Bilbao with a score of 3-2 and also packed full points.
Here are the results of the Spanish League week 32 to Sunday, April 26 at 04.30 WIB:
Real Betis 1 - 1 Real Madrid
Alaves 2 - 1 Mallorca
Getafe 0 - 2 Barcelona
Valencia 2 - 1 Girona
Atletico Madrid 3 - 2 Athletic Club.
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