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Atletico Madrid 1-1 Celta Vigo: 10-man Hosts Blow Chance To Go Top Of LaLiga

The result left Atletico one point behind leaders Real Madrid, who were held 1-1 by Osasuna earlier in the day, after 24 games in the Spanish top division. Barcelona are third on 48 points and could move to the summit with a win against Rayo Vallecano on Monday

Atletico Madrid 1-1 Celta Vigo
Alexander Sorloth of Atletico Madrid celebrates
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Atletico Madrid wasted a golden opportunity to go top of the LaLiga table after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Celta Vigo on Saturday. (More Football News)

The hosts were in further trouble when Robin Le Normand fouled Borja Iglesias inside the box and the referee awarded a penalty to Celta. 

Diego Simeone's side played almost the entire game with a man short, after midfielder Pablo Barrios was shown a straight red card for a reckless studs-up tackle on Pablo Duran only four minutes in. 

Iago Aspas stepped up and converted the spot-kick to give the visitors the breakthrough in the 68th minute.

But바카라 웹사이트Alexander Sorloth came off the bench to finish off a counter-attack in the 81st minute and rescued a valuable point for the home side.

The result left Atletico one point behind leaders Real Madrid, who were held 1-1 by Osasuna earlier in the day,바카라 웹사이트after 24 games in the Spanish top division. Barcelona are third on 48 points and could move to the summit with a win against바카라 웹사이트Rayo Vallecano on Monday.바카라 웹사이트

Celta, meanwhile, are 12th with 29 points.

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After eight consecutive wins in LaLiga between November and January, Atletico바카라 웹사이트have now dropped points in four of their last five league바카라 웹사이트games바카라 웹사이트(W1 D3바카라 웹사이트L1).

Celta, meanwhile, were nine minutes away from their first away win against Atletico since 2007 but have not won any of their last 13 games on the road against them.바카라 웹사이트

Aspas, meanwhile,바카라 웹사이트scored only his third바카라 웹사이트goal바카라 웹사이트in 21바카라 웹사이트LaLiga games against Atletico바카라 웹사이트and his penalty was the first goal the 37-year-old has scored at Atletico during his career.바카라 웹사이트

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