Atletico Madrid saw their record-breaking 15-match winning run end as a 1-0 loss to local rivals Leganes handed Real Madrid a chance in the La Liga title race. (More Football News)
Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid still sit top of the La Liga table, though Real Madrid are just a point behind and would leapfrog their city rivals if they beat Las Palmas
Atletico Madrid saw their record-breaking 15-match winning run end as a 1-0 loss to local rivals Leganes handed Real Madrid a chance in the La Liga title race. (More Football News)
Diego Simeone's side still sit top of the table, though Real Madrid are just a point behind and would leapfrog their cit🍌y rivals if they beat Las Palmas on Sunday.
Atletico dominated the game w﷽ith more than 60% of ball possession, hitting three strikes off the woodwork and seeing Antoine Griezmann miss a stoppage-time penalty that would have marked an equaliser.
The visitors paid a heavy price for too many squandered chances, with Matija Nastasic's second-half header proving the difference on Sa💦turday.
꧋Dani Raba's corn🔜er found defender Nastasic, who fired a towering header from the far post past goalkeeper Jan Oblak with what proved to be the winning goal.
Data Debrief: Leganes finally beat Atletico
Leganes had not won any of their previous nine meetings with Atletico in LaLiga, their longest winless run aga⛎inst an opponent in the competition (also nine without victory against Real Madrid).
However, Nastasic's second-half strike ended that wait for a victory against Atletico, who missed the chance to m🐓ake it n♛ine straight victories in top-flight action this campaign.
Simeone will♏ feel hard done by, having seen his side accumulate a dominant 2.52 expected goals (xG) to Leganes' meagre 0.41, though a difference in finishing quality proved decisive on Saturday.