Sevilla 1-2 Atletico Madrid: Late Barrios winner ends visitors´ winless run

Pablo Barrios’ stoppage-time victor helped Atletico Madrid adjacent the spread to the apical 2 successful LaLiga pursuing a 2-1 triumph distant to Sevilla.

Diego Simeone’s broadside capitalised connected Saturday’s results aft leaders Barcelona were held by Real Betis, portion Real Madrid were stunned by Valencia.

Atletico are present 7 points down Barcelona successful the standings, with their triumph connected Sunday besides halting a six-match winless streak crossed each competitions.

Sevilla opened the scoring successful the seventh infinitesimal done Lucien Agoume’s good decorativeness from extracurricular the box, rounding disconnected a swift counter-attack by Garcia Pimienta’s team.

But Atletico were offered the accidental to reconstruct parity conscionable earlier the half-hour people erstwhile Conor Gallagher was fouled wrong the punishment country by Sevilla skipper Loic Balde.

Julian Alvarez assumed work for the spot-kick, stepping up and sending Orjan Nyland the incorrect mode for his 12th LaLiga extremity of the season.

Neither broadside were capable to carve retired immoderate wide opportunities aft the break, with Sevilla’s Nemanja Gudelj going adjacent earlier Alvarez tested Nyland soon after.

However, successful the 2nd infinitesimal of second-half stoppage time, Barrios’ driving tally from heavy ended with a curled left-footed decorativeness that nestled into the bottom-left corner.

Data Debrief: Atletico permission it precocious yet again

Atletico person present scored 5 90+ infinitesimal winning goals this play successful LaLiga, 2 of which person travel against Sevilla, astatine slightest 2 much than immoderate different squad successful the contention (three for Mallorca and Villarreal).

But they had to travel from down aft Agoume’s opener. Indeed, his goal, timed astatine 7:00 minutes, is the third-earliest extremity that Sevilla person scored against Atletico successful the 21st century, aft Ivan Rakitic successful 2021 (06:41) and Luis Fabiano successful 2010 (04:55).

Atletico’s triumph besides saw them triumph some meetings with Sevilla successful the aforesaid LaLiga play for the 4th clip successful the Diego Simeone epoch (2012-13, 2017-18 and 2022-23).