THOMAS PARTEY SCORED a last-minute winner as Atletico Madrid came from two goals down to maintain their perfect start to the La Liga season with a 3-2 victory against Eibar.
The home side looked set to drop points in this evening’s match after conceding twice inside the opening 20 minutes of a home league game under Diego Simeone for the first time, with Charles and Anaitz Arbilla defying the form book at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Joao Felix scored his first La Liga goal to start the comeback before the half-hour and Vitolo, introduced at the interval, dragged his side back on to level terms early in the second half against an Eibar side still without a win this season.
Los Rojiblancos carved out 1-0 victories over Getafe and Leganes in their initial matches and they showed true fighting spirit as Thomas Partey poked home to lift Atletico above Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla to the top of LaLiga.
Charles converted Fabian Orellana’s cross on the counter to give Eibar a seventh-minute lead and, after Diego Costa fired over the bar from close range, Arbilla doubled his side’s tally with 19 minutes played. The left-back’s powerful shot took a deflection off Jose Gimenez and Jan Oblak was unable to react.
It did not take long for Simeone’s men to respond, though, with Costa showing good strength in the box and returning the pass to Joao Felix for a simple finish into an empty net.
Atletico, who had a penalty appeal rejected before half-time when Joao Felix was seemingly clipped inside the box, brought on Vitolo for Marcos Llorente at the interval and that change proved inspired.
The lively Renan Lodi picked out Vitolo’s run and the attacker poked the ball past Marko Dmitrovic to level matters seven minutes into the second half.
It looked like being a day of frustration for Atletico when Costa had two goals ruled out for offside, only for another substitute, Thomas Partey, to pop up with a dramatic late winner.
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Fair play to her…
Delighted
Great job, pity the bbc coverage couldn’t get her name right and decided to talk through the medal ceremony and our national anthem
Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!! Gold Medal !!!!!
the best thing to have come out of Kilcoole since Glenroe :)
Well done, massive achievement!
From a runner’s POV, what where the stats for the race, ie: times and distance covered?
You wouldn’t report on a soccar match and say that a team won without giving the score! Same for a race: time and distance next time please.
I don’t get all the thumbs down; this is standard journalistic practice, just read the race results in any newspaper. I presume readers would like the journal wants to maintain the highest standards of journalism?
Haven’t a huge interest in athletics but watched the race and what an impressive win. Attacked early and led from start to finish with huge confidence. Super display.
(On a side note I could do without having Spar on the actual Gold Medal!)
Irish women are doing so good in sports right now & should be getting more coverage, support & acolades.
They are just as dedicated as their male counterparts.
Bravo well done !
Great result. Congratulations!
Superb performance,really well done and good luck for future events.