Atletico thrash Real Madrid 5-2 in thrilling derby as Alvarez grabs brace | Football News

Julian Alvarez scores twice as Atletico got here from behind to inflict a primary defeat of the season on metropolis rivals Actual.

Julian Alvarez scored twice as Atletico Madrid got here from behind to thrash metropolis rivals Actual Madrid 5-2 in a pulsating derby that handed the La Liga leaders their first loss after an ideal begin to the season.

The thrilling encounter at a raucous Metropolitano stadium noticed Atletico combat again from 2-1 down to assert a memorable victory that lifted them to fourth place with 12 factors.

Actual Madrid stay high of La Liga on 18 factors, two forward of Barcelona, who’ve a sport in hand.

Atletico’s aggressive begin paid off when Robin Le Normand opened the scoring with a header within the 14th minute.

Nonetheless, Kylian Mbappe burst by to degree with an unstoppable strike from shut vary in a fast counter within the twenty fifth minute, with Arda Guller netting a volley from a Vinicius Jr cross 11 minutes later to place the guests in entrance.

Alexander Sorloth’s header in added time earlier than the break gave Atletico a lift and so they regained the lead 5 minutes into the second half when Alvarez transformed a penalty after Guler’s excessive boot clipped rival Nico Gonzalez on the face contained in the field.

After Alvarez prolonged their lead within the sixty fourth minute with a chic free kick into the highest nook, substitute Antoine Griezmann sealed the win in a fast counter in added time.

Alvarez’s efficiency was candy redemption after his controversial double-kick penalty contributed to Atletico losing to Madrid in final season’s Champions League.

Diego Simeone’s Atletico dealt Xabi Alonso his first lack of the season after Madrid had received all six La Liga video games and its Champions League opener. Alonso’s solely different loss since taking on as Madrid’s coach in the summertime was in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain within the Membership World Cup semifinals in July.

Barcelona can overtake chief Madrid with a win at Actual Sociedad on Sunday.

Actual Madrid coach Alonso admitted that his facet deserved to lose the sport.

“We had been unhealthy at the whole lot. We couldn’t string passes collectively, we couldn’t win duels, we couldn’t create probabilities,” he stated.

“We have to analyse what occurred and get higher, and we are going to.”

The Madrid coach tried to seek out positives from this painful defeat as he seemed forward to the remainder of the season.

“It is a course of,” he stated. “We’re in a section the place we’re constructing an identification. We’ll get higher, for positive.”