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Antoine Griezmann fires in Atletico lift-off

AFP
Published : Sep 10, 2016, 11:42 pm IST
Updated : Sep 10, 2016, 11:42 pm IST

Antoine Griezmann kickstarted Atletico Madrid’s La Liga campaign with two goals and an assist as a 4-0 rout at Celta Vigo gave them a much-needed boost on Saturday.

Antoine Griezmann kickstarted Atletico Madrid’s La Liga campaign with two goals and an assist as a 4-0 rout at Celta Vigo gave them a much-needed boost on Saturday.

It was their first win of the current La Liga season after being held by promoted Alaves and Leganes in their opening two league games.

And they were outplayed for the first-half in Vigo on Saturday too, as Josep Sense and Theo Bongonda missed great chances.

But Atletico’s luck turned when Koke met Griezmann’s fine cross eight minutes into the second-half to give the visitors the lead before Euro 2016’s top scorer Griezmann headed home his first two goals of the season in the final 20 minutes.

Angel Correa added a fourth two minutes from time.

Champions Barcelona and Real Madrid will attempt to continue their 100 percent starts to the season at home to Alaves and Osasuna respectively later on Saturday.

In an uncharacteristic outburst Griezmann claimed Atletico would be “fighting against relegation” rather than challenging Barca and Madrid for the title if they continued to play like in their opening two games after a 0-0 stalemate at Leganes two weeks ago.

However, he apologised for those comments after coming alive in the second-half in Vigo.

Griezmann told BeIN Sports Spain: “I apologise, I shouldn’t have that publicly. It was in the heat of the moment.”

Location: Spain, Madrid