After the previous round’s points split against Espanyol and the wild loss to Barcelona before that, from a 2-0 lead to a 2-4 loss, many had written off Atletico Madrid in La Liga. Out of the Champions League, out of the Copa del Rey, lost momentum in La Liga. Then came the gift package from the two biggest rivals.
Barcelona only managed a 1-1 draw against Real Betis, Real Madrid suffered a shock defeat against bottom team Valencia. On Sunday, Atletico Madrid, with Sørloth on the bench from the start, thus had the opportunity to do the job against Sevilla and close in on the two at the top.
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Seivilla’s Lucien Agoume struck with a superb long-range shot after seven minutes to take a 1-0 lead. Ørjan Nyland was as usual in goal for Sevilla, but could not stop Julian Alvarez from the penalty spot, eighteen minutes later.
After this, there were few chances, Alexander Sørloth came on the field in the 55th minute. Diego Simeone’s super reserve has a very strong record of goals at the end of the game, but this time it was Pablo Barrios who sent the ball into the net three minutes into injury time.
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Anyway, Atletico Madrid won 1-2, Sørloth and the gang are now only three points behind Real Madrid in second and seven points up on Barcelona.
