Sorloth's brilliance leads Atletico Madrid to a fatal victory
Atlético Madrid achieved an exciting victory over Athletic Bilbao, with a score of 3-2, in the confrontation that brought them together in the 32nd round of the Spanish League, at the Metropolitano Stadium.
The visiting team started the match strongly, opening the scoring in the 23rd minute through Aitor Paredes, and Athletic Bilbao ended the first half with a 1-0 lead.
With the start of the second half, Atlético Madrid quickly rose up, and succeeded. Antoine Griezmann scored the equalizer in the 49th minute.
The response did not take long, as Alexander Sorloth added the second goal in the 54th minute, giving the home team the advantage, before the same player returned and confirmed his team’s superiority by scoring the third goal in the 90th+3 minute.
In stoppage time, Athletic Bilbao reduced the gap through Gorka Gorozeta in the 90th+7 minute, but that was not enough to change the result. The meeting.
With this victory, Atletico Madrid raised its score to 60 points in fourth place, while Athletic Bilbao’s score froze at 41 points in ninth place.