La Liga: Luis Suarez brace not sufficient as Atletico Madrid drop factors vs Celta Vigo

Image Source : AP Atletico Madrid’s Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring in opposition to Celta Vigo on the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Monday evening.
Another excellent evening by Luis Suárez wasn’t sufficient to maintain Atlético Madrid from lacking an opportunity to extend its lead within the Spanish league.

An Atlético workforce depleted by the coronavirus conceded late in drawing with Celta Vigo 2-2 at house regardless of one other Suárez double on Monday.

Facundo Ferreyra scored an 89th-minute equalizer for the guests, who took an early lead earlier than Suárez added to his scoring streak with a objective in every half. His league-leading tally was as much as 16.

The Uruguay striker, who arrived after being let go by Barcelona on the finish of final season, has discovered the online seven instances in his final 4 video games.

The draw moved Atlético eight factors away from Barcelona and Real Madrid with a sport in hand. The lead would have stayed at 10 factors had it held on to the victory.

“We know that we have to win these games at home, and today we allowed them to equalize almost in the last play of the match,” Atlético captain Koke Resurrección mentioned.

Atletico was lacking a number of key gamers due to optimistic COVID-19 assessments, together with João Félix and Yannick Carrasco. Two new optimistic outcomes had been introduced hours earlier than the sport at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, for Héctor Herrera and Thomas Lemar. Moussa Dembélé and Mario Hermoso additionally had been out due to the virus.

Celta, winless in seven straight matches in all competitions, stayed in tenth place. It opened the scoring with a header by Santi Mina within the thirteenth.

The 34-year-old Suárez, who additionally missed just a few matches after testing optimistic for the coronavirus, obtained his targets off his first two pictures on track at Metropolitano.

“We have been conceding too many goals early in the matches,” Koke mentioned. “We have to improve in that area if we want to keep fighting for the title.”

Atlético not too long ago additionally needed to come from behind in opposition to Eibar and Valencia. Simeone’s workforce has received each league match since shedding at Real Madrid 2-0 in December, although it was eradicated by third-division membership Cornellà within the second spherical of the Copa del Rey.

Atlético’s subsequent sport is at eighth-placed Granada on Saturday. Celta hosts Elche on Friday.