Atlético Madrid vs Real Madrid summary: score, goals, highlights | LaLiga EA Sports 2023-24

Full time: Atlético Madrid 3-1 Actual Madrid

You don’t get way more Atlético Madrid than flying out of the traps and getting within the faces of your opponents within the early phases of an enormous sport, and that’s what finally received this Madrid derby.

The hosts scored twice contained in the opening quarter-hour of the primary half after which inside seconds of the second interval being underway, catching Actual Madrid utterly chilly. Three crosses from the left and three headers contained in the penalty space, two for Álvaro Morata towards his former membership, both facet of an Antoine Griezmann effort.

Atleti’s traditional want and price ethic was accompanied by flashes of high quality, though they had been typically careless in possession, which allowed the guests to work their manner again into the sport within the first half. Toni Kroos’ very good strike from the sting of the field halved the deficit 10 minutes earlier than the break and it appeared for all of the world as if Los Blancos had been going to equalise within the run-up to the half-time whistle.

Morata’s second purpose seconds after the restart utterly modified the complexion of the sport and undid all the nice work Carlo Ancelotti’s facet had completed within the closing phases of the primary half. Lengthy-distance efforts from Aurélien Tchouaméni and Antonio Rüdiger fizzed previous the submit however, in reality, Jan Oblak had little to do, regardless of Madrid’s possession, with Jude Bellingham struggling to get into the sport.

Simply a second win in 13 matches for Atleti within the derby and one they labored extremely onerous for.