Pablo Barrios scored a stoppage-time winner as Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid claimed a 2-1 La Liga comeback victory at Sevilla.
Having trailed to an early Lucien Agoume goal, the visitors equalised through Julian Alvarez’s 25th-minute penalty before Barrios curled the winner past Orjan Nyland in the third minute of time added on.
A first victory in four league games sees third-placed Atletico move three points behind second-placed Real Madrid and seven behind leaders Barcelona, after they were beaten 2-1 by Valencia and held 1-1 by Real Betis respectively on Saturday.
Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao played out a goaless draw at El Madrigal, where the hosts were reduced to 10 men late on following Pape Gueye’s red card.
Real Sociedad beat second-bottom Las Palmas 3-1 away, and Ramon Terrats scored twice as Getafe won 4-0 at basement boys Real Valladolid, who had Mario Martin sent off in first-half stoppage-time.
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