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Antoine Griezmann got here off the bench handy Atletico Madrid a 1-0 LaLiga win at Valencia on Monday as Diego Simeone’s facet bounced again from their sudden house defeat by Villarreal eight days in the past.

Atletico sit sixth in standings on six factors, three behind leaders Actual Madrid and Betis and one adrift of Barcelona, Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao.

Griezmann scored the winner within the 66th minute, assisted by fellow substitute Thomas Lemar.

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Lemar made a effective particular person run from the left touchline and located his France crew mate Griezmann on the sting of the world, who lashed in a shot that was deflected off the again of the defender and previous the helpless goalkeeper.

With new signing Edinson Cavani sitting within the stands, Valencia have been the higher facet in the course of the first half and thought that they had opened the scoring when 19-year-old American midfielder Yunus Musah netted a shocking long-range shot within the twenty fourth minute.

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However following a prolonged VAR assessment, the purpose was dominated out resulting from a foul by Mouctar Diakhaby on Joao Felix within the build-up.

Simply earlier than halftime, Thierry Correia was initially proven a straight red-card for a foul on Atletico’s Alvaro Morata.

However referee Guillermo Cuadra switched it to a yellow after checking the VAR footage.

“What I do not like is the shortage of standards. We by no means know when the referees will or is not going to use the VAR and that is actually irritating,” annoyed Valencia supervisor Gennaro Gattuso informed Movistar Plus.

After the break, Simeone introduced on Griezmann and Lemar and Atletico took cost of the sport.

“We did not have the sport below management however we had many probabilities to attain, three clear alternatives that have been denied by their goalkeeper, who was instrumental to carry us to just one purpose,” Simeone informed Movistar Plus.

“We struggled get into rhythm, however Lemar and Griezmann got here in and gave us extra tranquility to impose our gameplan late within the match”.

Atletico will face Actual Sociedad away on Saturday, whereas Valencia will host Getafe on Sunday. (Reporting by Fernando Kallas, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)

Supply: espn.co.uk