Injured Godin inspires Atletico to stunning last gasp win over Athletic Atletico Madrid are incomprehensible. Having comfortable defeated an unbeaten Borussia Dortmund side in the week, they suffered a painful 90 minutes against Athletic Club who hadn’t won since August 20, before snatching a last gasp winner. Atletico are simply unpredictable. But, they won and despite it struggling for long periods, there were many positives to take. Thomas Partey is getting better by the day and he managed a goal and assist. Diego Godin returned and showed tremendous courage to keep going until the last minute, when he was injured, to score a stoppage-time winner. The Uruguayan is the answer to Diego Simeone on the pitch for Atletico. Set plays were working again as the Argentine’s side scored from a corner and then a free kick. Stunning goal. A missile, a piledriver, whatever you want to call it. That’s how Thomas hit the ball. His display means more ‘problems’ for Simeone in the middle of the pitch. The Ghanaian, who also took the corner that Rodri scored from, is knocking on the door and giving his coach a real selection headache for matches ahead. If Thomas plays, then one of Rodri, Koke, Saul Niguez, Thomas Lemar or Angel Correa miss out. Who does El Cholo leave on the bench? Something is up with Diego Costa. He isn’t right. He was anonymous. Most probably because he’s lacking his essentials, his goals. The forward returned to the team after injury but he… [Read full story]
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