Atletico Madrid 2-0 Sevilla: Diego Simeone’s side extend La Liga lead
Atletico Madrid extended their benefit at the top of La Liga to 4 points with a 2-0 win over Sevilla.
Saul Niguez guaranteed triumph in the 76th minute with a thumping effort.
It was a very first defeat in 10 video games in all competitors for in-form Sevilla, who are 6th in the table.
Atletico now have 41 points from 16 video games, 4 clear of second-placed Genuine Madrid, who have actually played 2 video games more.
They were made to strive for their win with the visitors producing 13 efforts on objective compared to their 5. Nevertheless, Atletico keeper Jan Oblak just needed to make 2 conserves of note.
Simeone’s guys maximized their opportunities, with forward Luis Suarez likewise coming close to scoring, just to be rejected by the radiance of Sevilla keeper Bono.
Line-ups
Atl Madrid
Development 3-5-2
- 13 Oblak
- 15 Savic Reserved at 57mins
- 2 Giménez
- 22 Hermoso
- 23 Trippier
- 14 Llorente
- 6 Koke Reserved at 48mins
- 11 Lemar Replacemented For Saúl at 66′ minutes
- 21 Carrasco Replacemented For Felipe at 88′ minutes
- 10 Correa Replacemented For Sequeira at 66′ minutes
- 9 Suárez Replacemented For Torreira at 82′ minutes
Replacements
- 1 Grbic
- 4 Kondogbia
- 5 Torreira
- 7 Sequeira
- 8 Saúl
- 12 Lodi dos Santos
- 17 Saponjic
- 18 Felipe
- 20 Machín Pérez
- 24 Vrsaljko
- 31 San Román
- 42 Soriano
Sevilla
Development 4-3-3
- 13 Bono
- 16 Navas Replacemented For Torres at 78′ minutes
- 12 Koundé
- 20 Santos Silva
- 19 Acuña
- 10 Rakitic
- 25 Reges
- 8 Jordán Replacemented For Rodríguez at 59′ minutes
- 7 Fernández Saez Replacemented For de Jong at 78′ minutes
- 15 En-Nesyri Replacemented For El Haddadi at 84′ minutes
- 5 Ocampos
Replacements
- 3 Gómez
- 4 Rekik
- 6 Gudelj
- 9 de Jong
- 11 El Haddadi
- 14 Rodríguez
- 17 Vidal
- 21 Torres
- 22 Vázquez
- 23 Idrissi
- 31 Díaz
- 33 Pastor
- Referee:
- Xavier Estrada Fernández
Live Text
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Match ends, Atlético de Madrid 2, Sevilla 0.
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2nd Half ends, Atlético de Madrid 2, Sevilla 0.
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Foul by Jules Koundé (Sevilla).
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Mario Hermoso (Atlético de Madrid) wins a totally free kick in the protective half.
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Effort missed out on. Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla) header from the centre of package misses out on to the left. Helped by Óscar Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Sevilla. Yielded by Lucas Torreira.
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Offside, Atlético de Madrid. Marcos Llorente attempts a through ball, however João Félix is captured offside.
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Effort obstructed. Munir El Haddadi (Sevilla) left footed shot from the left side of package is obstructed. Helped by Diego Carlos.
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Munir El Haddadi (Sevilla) wins a totally free kick on the extreme right.
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Foul by Mario Hermoso (Atlético de Madrid).
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Replacement, Atlético de Madrid. Felipe changes Yannick Carrasco.
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Effort missed out on. Diego Carlos (Sevilla) header from the centre of package is high and broad to the right. Helped by Marcos Acuña with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Sevilla. Yielded by Lucas Torreira.
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Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla) strikes the left post with a header from the ideal side of the 6 lawn box. Helped by Óscar Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Sevilla. Yielded by Yannick Carrasco.
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Jules Koundé (Sevilla) wins a totally free kick on the extreme right.
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Foul by José Giménez (Atlético de Madrid).
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Replacement, Sevilla. Munir El Haddadi changes Youssef En-Nesyri.
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Effort missed out on. Óliver Torres (Sevilla) ideal footed shot from outside package is too expensive following a set piece scenario.
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Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla) wins a totally free kick on the left wing.
