A left-footed shot by France's Antoine Griezmann gave Atletico Madrid a 2-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao at home, putting the capital squad even with FC Barcelona in La Liga soccer standings.
It was the phenomenal Griezmann's 13th goal of the season and Atletico Madrid's eighth straight win, not only in La Liga action, and the tie in the standings was due to Barcelona's 2-2 draw with Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, reports Efe.
Both teams were ready to play on Sunday, and it was Athletic who got on the board first 27 minutes into the match on Aymeric Laporte's play off a corner kick.
Ernesto Valverde's Bilbao squad had won 12 of its last 13 matches.
Seconds before the half, midfielder Saul Niguez headed in a corner kick from Koke to even the score and in the 67th minute it was Griezmann's turn to shine blasting in a pass from Angel Correa to give Diego Simeone's boys the 2-1 final tally.
It was the 15th week of La Liga and the match was played out at Vicente Calderon stadium before some 53,000 spectators.
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