Atletico Madrid achieved their first win of the season, prevailing 2:0 over Villarreal at the “Metropolitan“.
In addition to recording a clean sheet for the first time in the campaign, the “Madriders“ also ended their opponent's impressive streak - ten consecutive matches in the championship without a loss. The hosts opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sergi Cardona returned an inaccurate pass, Julián Álvarez intercepted the ball and passed to Pablo Barrios, who coolly converted for 1:0.
Villarreal could have equalized at the end of the half, but Nicolas Pepe's shot hit the post. After the break, Atletico quickly doubled their lead. In the 52nd minute, Marcos Llorente broke through on the right flank and crossed perfectly to new signing Nicolas Gonzalez.
The Argentine scored with a header in his first match for the club - 2:0. Until the final whistle, Atletico controlled the match and did not allow the visitors to get back into it. This was the team's first clean sheet of the season and the sixth consecutive match without defeat against the “yellow submarine“. After the success, Madrid are ninth in the standings with 5 points, while Villarreal remains fourth with 7.