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Atletico Madrid stumbled on Sunday to a 1-1 draw in Celta Vigo in La Liga and played more than half of the game with 10 men after the red card of Clement Lenglet.

The side of Diego Simeone is fifth, eight points behind leader Real Madrid and six behind Barcelona, ​​who previously lost in Seville.

A Carl Starfelt-own target sent Atletico first before the French defender Clement Lenglet was sent away in the 40th minute.

IAGO Aspas, who was right for the record for most Celta performances, bundled an equalizer in the second half, with the host at the top but unable to find a winner.

Atletico beat Real Madrid 5-2 last weekend and had won three consecutive games before he was confronted with Celta, so she found shape after a bad start of the campaign.

«Given that we have given everything, it is not a bad result, but we wanted to win. We have to win everywhere we are going and we didn’t do that. We have to improve on the road, it costs us,» said Koke Movistar.

Atletico took an early lead in Balaidos when Starfelt changed the cross of Pablo Barrios in his own net when he tried to prevent the ball from reaching Julian Alvarez.

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The host got a way back to the game due to the resignation of Lenglet, earned for two yellow cards in the first half, both for mistakes on Ferran Jutgla.

Celta goalkeeper Ionut Radu saved well from David Hancko, while his counterpart of Atletico Jan Oblak saved twice from Borja Iglesias for the break.

Simeone left Antoine Griezmann during the break and sacrificed the 34-year-old for Javi Galan while he was committed to taking on the second half with 10 men.

Atletico returned to a more defensive prospect when Celta dominated the ball and pulled through Aspas in the 68th minute level. The veteran Vooruit, 38, was beaten up close after Oblak saved from Iglesias, and the ball bounced seductively on the line.

Aspas laid the record of Manolo Rodriguez for Celta performances, set at 533, the last of which came in 1982.

Robin Le Normand nodded closely on the other side wide when Atletico Celta warned that it could not all have in his own way, but for the most part the host was Dominant.

Celta Forward Pablo Duran went out of a tight corner in the stopping time and the sides had to share the loot.

It was Celta’s sixth 1-1 draw of the season in eight league games, with the Galician side that still had to win.

«(The draw) does not feel good, given the second half we had an extra player and pushed them back into their half. We needed our first victory in La Liga, we tried to the end, but it wasn’t possible,» Aspas said.

Published on October 6, 2025