Ten-man Atletico Madrid beat Celto Viga 1-0 in LaLiga on Sunday after second-half substitute Memphis Depay opened his account for the membership following his January transfer with a late winner.
With a draw wanting the probably consequence after each groups spurned possibilities, Depay was in the best place on the proper time when a blocked shot fell at his ft earlier than the Dutch ahead turned and fired on the spot to attain within the 89th minute.
Atletico had gone shut within the first half with Alvaro Morata seeing his close-range header miss the highest nook whereas on the different finish Gabri Veiga had a header from a nook kick fly large.
Iago Aspas practically opened the scoring within the second half when his shot from a Celta counter-attack crept underneath Jan Oblak earlier than the goalkeeper recovered to claw the ball again simply because it was about to creep over the objective line.
Atletico was decreased to 10 males within the seventieth minute when final man Stefan Savic wrestled Celta ahead Haris Seferovic to the bottom on the fringe of the field when he was by means of on objective.
It was Savic’s third crimson card in his final 5 appearances for Atletico however Diego Simeone’s facet earned a reprieve when Aspas’s free kick got here off the crossbar.
The consequence moved fourth-placed Atletico to 38 factors to take a seat inside a degree of Real Sociedad, which performs Espanyol on Monday. Celta is thirteenth with 23 factors.
