Atletico return to top four with comfortable win at Osasuna

TIL Desk Sports/ Atletico Madrid put last week’s painful defeat by Real Madrid behind them with a 3-0 win over Osasuna on Sunday that included two goals in the space of a minute and allowed them to return to the top four in La Liga. Defender Diego Godin gave Atletico the lead in the 36th minute with a towering header from a corner and Kevin Gameiro added the second immediately after, latching on to a lofted through ball from Angel Correa and producing a crisp, low finish.

Substitute Yannick Carrasco rounded off the victory in the 90th by robbing Unai Garcia in Osasuna’s half and tearing towards goal before powering home the ball.  Atletico had what looked to be a clear penalty turned down in the second half when Osasuna’s Oier Sanjuro appeared to block Tiago Mendes’s goalbound shot with his arm, the midfielder also escaping a red card.

Diego Simeone’s side capitalised on Villarreal’s surprise 2-0 defeat by Alaves earlier on Sunday to provisionally go fourth on 24 points. Champions Barcelona can leapfrog Sevilla to go second when they visit Real Sociedad, sixth on 22 points, later on Sunday.