Still fighting to stay in the title race, Atlético de Madrid hosted Alavés and had to win to regain second place in the standings. But quickly, Alavés opened the scoring at the start of the game thanks to Guridi, from the penalty spot (1-0, 7th) and everything already had to be done again for the Colchoneros.
Shy throughout the match, the Madrilenians had to wait until the end of the match to turn the game around. Also from the penalty spot, Griezmann finally equalized (1-1, 76th), before Sorloth gave the locals victory (2-1, 86th). A snatched victory which allows Atlético to temporarily move up to second place, four points behind FC Barcelona, which still has a game in hand.
