The Atletico Madrid team continued to bleed points with a draw away from Espanyol 1-1 in the 29th round of the Spanish Football League, on Saturday.
Atletico Madrid advanced with an early goal scored by Marcus Llorente after three minutes, but the technique of the assistant video referee “Far” interfered by calculating infiltration against French striker Antoine Griezmann.
Atletico shook the net again with a great shot for Cesar Azkueta in the right scissors, to advance the guests with a goal in the 38th minute.
But Espanyol managed to tie during the second half with a goal scored by Javi Badu in the 71st minute, so that each team got a point.
With this tie, Atletico Madrid is receiving a severe blow to his endeavors for the title, after two consecutive losses in the past two rounds.
Atletico remained in third place with 57 points against Real Madrid 60 points, and Barcelona 63 points in the lead, and they can expand the points difference during this round.
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