Atletico Madrid dispatch Huesca 2-0 to regain lead from Real Madrid

SMA NEWS – LALIGA

Atletico Madrid continued to demonstrate that they have bottle at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on Thursday evening. Los Rojiblancos dispatched relegation-battling Huesca 2-0 thanks to goals from Angel Correa and Yannick Carrasco, both of which were provided by the on-fire Marcos Llorente.

The result means Atletico re-take first place from Real Madrid, who had climbed ahead of them last night on head-to-head after their win at Cadiz. Diego Simeone’s men are now three points clear of Los Blancos, six clear of Sevilla and eight clear of Barcelona, who play this evening against Getafe at Camp Nou. Huesca stay in the bottom three, a point off Real Valladolid and safety.