Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid's top-four hopes suffered another blow as they crashed to a disappointing 2-0 defeat at the hands of Athletic Bilbao.

But his shot takes a deflection and he has to settle for a corner. 15' - OFF THE POST! Athletic Club are agonisingly close to doubling their lead! Antoine Griezmann registered their first shot on target in the 43rd minute - a tame header - and Yannick Carrasco went close following a lung-busting run.

Atletico Madrid have slipped up in their bid to wrap up fourth place, losing to Athletic Club, who strengthened their European chances.

Athletic Club, who are now withing a point of the final European position, currently occupied by Villarreal, took the lead thanks to a Mario Hermoso own goal. But Real Betis will have the chance to move within a point of Atletico following their away defeat to Athletic Club. Atletico Madrid have slipped up in their bid to wrap up fourth place, losing to Athletic Club.

ATHLETIC BILBAO 2-0 ATLETICO MADRID: Atletico Madrid's hopes of finishing second in LaLiga took a blow as they lost 2-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.

But Athletic scored a deserved second in the 56th with a penalty by Williams after Muniain was tripped by Mexican midfielder Hector Herrera. Williams netted with a 'Panenka' chip down the middle of the goal as Oblak fell to his left. Atletico Madrid's hopes of finishing second in LaLiga and securing a spot in the next Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia took a blow as they lost 2-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Atletico Madrid: Mario Hermoso's own goal and a penalty from Inaki Williams see Diego Simeone's side suffer blow in quest to finish second

Inaki Williams created one and scored the other as Athletic Bilbao ran out 2-0 winners over Atletico Madrid at San Mames.

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Bilbao wins and remains hopeful of a place in European competitions.

The red-and-white team, who had gone five league games undefeated at home ,fell 2-0 to Celta de Vigo in their last home game. The red-and-white team, who had gone five league games undefeated at home ,fell 2-0 to Celta de Vigo in their last home game. In order to finish between 1st and 7th position for the first time since 2016-17, Athletic will have to make San Mamés a stronghold in their remaining matches. The lions are eighth, four points behind Villarreal and will need a perfect end to the season to achieve their goal. Diego Simeone's squad is being very irregular, and after beating Espanyol in extremis at the Metropolitano (2-1), they did not go beyond a draw in their feud against Granada (0-0). In order to finish between 1st and 7th position for the first time since 2016-17, Athletic will have to make San Mamés a stronghold in their remaining matches.

BILBAO, April 30 (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid's hopes of finishing second in LaLiga and securing a spot in the next Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia took a ...

Then we go out and in the fifth minute with two yellow cards... "I wish I knew [what's wrong] and we could fix it," Oblak said after the match. "I don't know where our heads are.

Not at fault for Athletic Club's eighth-minute opener. Iñaki Williams's panenka did him in for the second goal. 5. Llorente.

Stationed on the left in a playmaking role, the captain finished with zero key passes and under 75 percent passing accuracy. In the second half, the Frenchman hit the crossbar from a free kick. Made four interceptions in the opening 45 minutes, and showed again that he has enough quality to be a top-drawer pivot if not for his limited passing range. Came close to equalizing on an outside-the-box effort late in the first half. Returned to the starting 11 after a whopping six weeks out due to international commitments and a subsequent injury. Lost his balance marking Iñaki Williams on the opening goal and had trouble with the speedy Athletic attacker all night.

Inaki Williams created one and scored the other as Athletic Bilbao ran out 2-0 winners over Atletico Madrid at San Mames.

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Atletico Madrid continue to stumble in La Liga. After a good run throughout March, ever since Los Colchoneros lost to Manchester City in the Champions ...

I don’t know where we have our minds, but it wasn’t here on the pitch. I don’t understand why in the dressing room everything is perfect, but then we come out and in the fifth minute we have two yellows. Perhaps most worryingly is that Atletico Madrid don’t seem to know what the issue is.

Diego Simeone's side have only emerged victorious in one of their last four LaLiga matches, failing to score in the other three games.

We have to do things better, but if we don’t do so it’s going to be very complicated.' 'I don’t know where we have our minds, but it wasn’t here on the pitch. In their latest outing on Saturday, they were beaten 2-0 by Athletic Bilbao.