Koke scored a shocking objective as Atletico Madrid cruised to a 3-0 victory over Girona.
Conor Gallagher and Antoine Griezmann had been additionally on track at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi, as Diego Simeone’s aspect returned to 3rd place in LaLiga.
The guests took the lead within the thirteenth minute because the ball broke kindly for Koke, who arrowed an excellent 25-yard strike into the top-left nook for his fiftieth objective for Atletico.
Jan Oblak got here to the rescue on the different finish to disclaim former Atletico man Axel Witsel’s volley, earlier than Atleti doubled their benefit within the thirty eighth minute.
Gallagher, 10 minutes after changing the injured Nico Gonzalez, noticed his 20-yard effort deflect past Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga through Vitor Reis.
Oblak made one other good save after the break to disclaim Alex Moreno, however Los Rojiblancos secured the victory within the second minute of stoppage time, as substitute Griezmann neatly slid residence his fourth objective in three video games.
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Information Debrief: Tremendous subs come up trumps as soon as extra for Atletico
Atletico have scored 10 objectives through substitutes in LaLiga this season, greater than every other group.
As soon as once more, Griezmann produced the products from the bench, netting his fifth objective instead this time period, greater than any participant in Europe’s massive 5 leagues.
As for Girona, coach Michel Sanchez has now misplaced eight of his 10 LaLiga conferences with Simeone (W1 D1), extending his highest variety of defeats towards a single supervisor within the competitors.
