Eibar: Riesgo; Capa, Mauro Dos Santos, Iván Ramis, Luna; Dani García, Escalante (Arruabarrena 82‘); Keko, Adrián González (Borja Bastón 71’), Saúl Berjón (Verdi 71‘); Sergi Enrich. 4-2-3-1.
Atlético: Oblak; Juanfran, Giménez, Godín, Filipe Luis; Koke (Angel Correa 61‘), Tiago, Gabi; Vietto (Oliver Torres 46’), Jackson Martínez (Fernando Torres 46’), Griezmann. 4-3-3.
Goals:
0-1. 62. Correa. Picked up Fernando Torres pass and cut past marker to score.
0-2. 77. Fernando Torres. Ran on to Correa pass and lifted shot over Riesgo.
Yellow cards: Dani García 29’, Escalante 66’, Correa 67’.
Atlético Madrid are up to second in the table pending Sunday’s games after they won 0-2 at Eibar on Saturday evening. The Basque side held their own throughout the first half, Riesgo having few problems keeping out Vietto, Jackson Martínez and Griezmann, and Oblak having to save in particular from Saúl Berjón either side of half time. Simeone though changed his plans at the break, bringing on Oliver and Fernando Torres, and with an hour on the clock he replaced Koke with Angel Correa. That did the trick, and a minute later Oliver sent his namesake Fernando through for him to set up Correa for the opener. Oliver fired a shot just wide soon afterwards, and with a quarter of an hour to go Oliver and Correa combined to set up Fernando Torres to score a goal which was reminiscent of the one he netted for Spain against Germany to win the 2008 European championships. El Niño is back!