MADRID: Atletico Madrid\u2019s Julian Alvarez netted two penalties as they rallied to beat bottom side Real Valladolid 4-2 at a rainy Metropolitano on Monday to stay in the title hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third-placed Atletico have 63 points, three behind Real Madrid and seven adrift of Barcelona. Valladolid are on 16 points, 14 points off the safety zone with seven games left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Valladolid grabbed a surprise lead after 21 minutes when Mamadou Sylla calmly converted a penalty awarded following a VAR review for a handball by Clement Lenglet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The advantage was short-lived as Alvarez equalised from the spot after another VAR intervention four minutes later following a foul by Javi Sanchez on Giuliano Simeone, who turned scorer himself to put Atletico ahead in the 27th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the visitors stunned Atletico once again by levelling in the 56th as Sanchez\u2019s free-kick took a deflection off Conor Gallagher in the wall, wrong-footing goalkeeper Jan Oblak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atletico regained the lead in the 71st minute with another well taken Alvarez penalty after Henrique fouled Marcos Llorente, before substitute Alexander Sorloth sealed the win with a close-range finish on the rebound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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