Deportivo 0-1 Atletico Madrid: Thomas Partey wins it in stoppage time

Deportivo 0-1 Atletico Madrid: Thomas Partey wins it in stoppage time

LALIGA | Deportivo - Atlético de Madrid (0-1) / | LALIGA
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Depor deserved a point but were stung at the end

Griezmann struggled and was taken off with 10 minutes left

Atletico Madrid's struggle for goals continues but Diego Simeone's men were bailed out by Thomas Partey's 91st-minute winner in a 1-0 victory at Deportivo la Coruna.

MATCH FACTS
Liga Santander

DEP

0 ________________ 1

ATL

LINE UP

Deportivo

Pantilimon, Juanfran, Sidnei, Schar, Luisinho, Guilherme, Bakkali (Andone, 75'), Borges (Mosquera, 75'), Valverde, Fede Cartabia y Lucas Pérez.

Atlético

Oblak, Juanfran, Savic, Godín, Lucas, Augusto (Gameiro, 60'), Gabi, Thomas, Saúl, Griezmann (Giménez, 80') y Correa (Gaitán, 46').

Goles

0-1, Thomas (91')

Árbitro

Álvarez Izquierdo (catalán). Tarjeta amarilla a Juanfran (76'), Luisinho (77'), Andone (83') / Griezmann (8'), Savic (21')

Incidencias

Partido de la 11ª jornada de la Liga Santander disputado en el estadio de Riazor ante 22.733 espectadores.

A 1-1 draw at home to Azerbaijani champions Qarabag all but ended Atletico's Champions League campaign in midweek amidst a run of one win in eight games.

And they suffered from a familiar lack of creativity at Riazor with Simeone even substituting star frontman Antoine Griezmann 10 minutes from time.

However, a relieved Simeone punched the air in delight when Ghanaian midfielder Partey curled home Gabi's layoff from a free-kick on the edge of the box to pass Griezmann and join Angel Correa as Atletico's top scorer this season on four goals.