La Liga 2025-26: Alvarez misses the punishment while Atletico was standing at Mallorca

The stuttering start of Atletico Madrid until the season took place in a 1-1 draw in Mallorca in La Liga on Sunday in which striker Julian Alvarez missed a penalty.

The side of Diego Simeone, reduced to 10 men after the red card of Alexander Sorloth, took the lead by Conor Gallagher, but Vedat Muriqi leveled in the 85th minute for the hosts.

The draw leaves Atletico 12th and has won only one of the first five league games.

Atletico licked his wounds after a painful late Champions League defeat in Liverpool in Liverpool and focused his attention back on the Spanish top flight.

Simeone was able to return Alvarez after an injury and he was chosen with Giacomo Raspadori, chosen to go for Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Sorloth.

Atletico started well and Mallorca trusted goalkeeper Leo Roman and the woodwork to keep it up.

Pablo Barrios came in the neighborhood with a distance ride that Roman succeeded in pushing the post.

The Spanish goalkeeper then saved Alvarez’s penalty after Antonio Raillo had treated David Hancko’s shot.

Roman made a brilliant salvation to thwart Alvarez from close by in the second half when Atletico continued to insist on the opener.

The task of the Rojiblancos was made more difficult when Sorloth was fired for a high and late challenge on Raillo in the 72nd minute, but a few minutes later it took the lead.

Marcos Llorente accused the box and although Roman saved his hard and low attack, Gallagher was present to stop the rebound home.

The side of Simeone could not hold the lead and Muriqi nodded the level of the hosts with five minutes left from the cross of Jan Virgili.

Atletico -goalkeeper Jan Oblak saved from former Barcelona midfielder Pablo Torre’s Curling -effort as Mallorca, 19th, flowed forward in search of a winner, but could not find it.

Published on September 21, 2025