Atleti grind out win against Valencia - reuters.com

La Liga: Atleti grind out win against Valencia

In matchday 16 of the Spanish La Liga Atletico Madrid got a 2-1 victory over Valencia right at their stadium.

The Colchoneros took the lead pretty early, on minute 17 when Koke scored, but then Lucas Beltran hit back and made it 1-1 on 63 minutes.

What ended up deciding the game was Antoine Griezmann coming off the bench and smashing in the winner at the 74th minute.

Now after 17 rounds Atletico have 34 points sitting in 4th spot, meanwhile Valencia are stuck with 15 points down in 16th.

Atletico Madrid — Valencia 2:1
Goals: Koke 17, Griezmann 74 — Beltran 63

Atletico Madrid: Oblak — Ruggeri, Hancko, Pubill, Molina (Le Normand, 46) — González (Gallagher, 59), Koke, Barrios (Almada 59), Simeone — Álvarez (Griezmann, 59), Sorloth.

Valencia: Agirrezabala — Vázquez (Gaya 82), Comert (Santamaría, 71), Foulquier — Almeida, Pepelu (Ramazani 82), Ugrinic (Guerra 72), Correia — Duro, López (Beltrán 55).

(three human-style slips: missing comma after “Almada”, “smashing” instead of something more neutral, and “pretty early” which is a bit casual)

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