Betis 1 - Atlético Madrid 2

Betis: Contreras; Tais (Arzu 64'), Juanito, Lembo, Luis Fernández; Ito (Dani 78'), Marcos Assunçao; Joaquín, Fernando (Capi 64'), Denilson; Tote. 4-2-3-1.
Atlético: Juanma; Gaspar, Lequi, Simeone (Santi 44'), Sergi; Novo, De los Santos, Jorge (Rodrigo 76'), Musampa; Fernando Torres, Nikolaidis (Movilla 69'). 4-4-2.

Team changes: Betis: Tais, Ito, Denilson for Melli, Arzu, Capi / Atlético: Juanma for Burgos.

Goals:
1-0. 19. Marcos Assunçao. Bent free kick over defensive wall and into back of net.
1-1. 39. Fernando Torres. First time volley into top corner from Jorge cross.
1-2. 49. Fernando Torres (penalty). After Tais brought down Nikolaidis in area.

Two more goals from Fernando Torres gave Atlético Madrid a 1-2 victory at Betis, taking them up to sixth in the table. The young striker has been one of the driving forces in his side's recent success, and he has now scored seven times in the last four games, all of which have ended in a win for the "Colchoneros".

It was the home side who took the lead first though, once again thanks to their dead ball specialist Marcos Assunçao. The Brazilian midfielder struck a trademark free kick past a static Juanma, who had only come in to the side at the last minute after Burgos aggravated an old injury foolling around with Simeone in the pre-match warm up.

After that Betis were on top, but six minutes before the break Torres was there to score one of the most spectacular goals of the season, leaping in the air to meet Jorge's floated cross and volley the ball wide of Contreras into the far top corner of the net. And four minutes in to the second half he added a second from the penalty spot after Tais chopped down Nikolaidis as he cut into the area from the left wing.

The locals threw everything forward after that, with Arzu heading Assunçao's corner against the bar and Denilson also hitting the woodwork a few minutes later. Tote also had a chance later on, but instead of passing to a colleague who was better placed, he tried unsuccessfully to dribble round the keeper. The game was over, and a second defeat in a row left Betis down in the bottom half of the table at the end of the day. .