Atletico Madrid regained third place in La Liga by defeating last-place Almeria 2-1 for its 17th straight home win on Sunday. (More Football News)
Alvaro Morata and Angel Correa scored a goal each in the first half as Atletico extended its biggest-ever winning run at home in the competition. Almeria pulled a goal back through Leo ♒Baptistao in the second half.
Atletico moved to 34 points, even with fourth-place Barcelona ahead of the rival's home game against second-place Girona later 🐻Sunday. Atletico will have a game in hand after the weekend's round. Real Madrid, which drew 1-1 with Real Betis on Sat♉urday, has a one-point lead over Girona.
Atletico was coming o♎ff a 1-0 loss at Barcelona in the previous league round. It had won 11 of its last 13 matches in all competitions before that defeat in Barcelona.
“We know t꧋here's still a long way to go. We lost the other day but it wasn't the end of it," Atletico forward Antoine Gri♛ezmann said. “We have to keep playing like this.”
Atletico's last setback 😼at home in the league w🍃as a 1-1 draw with Getafe in February.
Morata opened the scoring on Sunday in the 17th minute after dribbling past a defender and then the go♛alkeeper inside the area. Correa added to the lead five minutes later from close range after a low cross by Marcos Llorente.
The assist for Morata's goal came from Griezmann, wh෴o had a goal disallowed for offside in the fifth minute. The France forward remains three goals shy of the 173 scored by Luis Aragonés, the club's all-time leading scorer.
Baptistão scored from close range for Almeriaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ 🅷in the 62nd.
It was the 12th league loss for the club from southern Madri🍎d, which remains the only team without a win this season. It stayed on four points from four draws. The Saudi-owned club this week was eliminated by fourth-division team Barbastro in the second round of the Copa del Rey.
