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The city rivals drew 1-1 in La Liga at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday as Marcos Llorente of Atletico Madrid struck late into stoppage time to cancel out Brahim Diaz’s first-half opening for leaders Real Madrid. With 58 points at the top, Real leads Girona, whom they will face on Saturday, by two points.
With 48 points, Atletico is still in fourth position, two points behind Barcelona in third. Real manager Carlo Ancelotti told reporters, “It was a good game from our side; we controlled the game but we were unlucky to concede a goal in the last minute.” “We deserve to win, and we performed well, so we have no complaints.
As leaders, we have another opportunity to make significant progress the next Saturday. “The team has to be calm, a good point has come out of it.” After 20 minutes, the hosts took the lead when Diaz, netting his fourth league goal of the year, pounced on a loose ball following some careless Atletico defense inside the area.
In the first few minutes of the second half, Atletico believed they had tied the score, but Stefan Savic’s powerful header was flagged offside by VAR. Finally, in the dying moments of the match, midfielder Llorente headed past Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin after a Memphis Depay cross for Diego Simeone’s team.
“The goal tastes very good, we worked hard during the game, we got a point and we are happy with the team’s work,” Llorente stated to Movistar. “It doesn’t taste like a win the way the game was going, but we got a valuable point.” On Wednesday, Atletico will play Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Cup semifinals. Janina Nuno Rios reported from Mexico City. Toby Davis handled the editing.