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| Felix opens up the scoring for Atletico Madrid. |
Atletico Madrid crushed relegation zone Alaves 4-1 to stretch their La Liga winning run reaching 6 games now with goals from Joao Felix plus Luis Suarez who came in as a sub for Atletico.
The club led by Diego Simeone is now tied on 57 points alongside Sevilla, who plays Barcelona today that are placed&nbs 4th in the league standing and are also in the run for the La Liga title, with Real Madrid having 69 points after 30 games.
Despite a rocky start, Felix has scored 6 goals in his past six La Liga games.
According to Felix: "Some guys enter and play, while others started mostly from bench "it's an usual procedure for players, and it depends on the person." "Working nonstop and giving it my all is how the truth comes to light. The group is doing a great job."
Simeone has also been added: "He's becoming bigger and stronger all the time. Despite the fact that he's a little under the weather, he's doing a great job for us."
Felix found the net early in (10'min) with a superb header into the first-half of the game from a fine cross coming from Sime Vrsaljko.
Inside the (63'min), Gonzalo Escalante scored a header to equalize for Alaves after Atletico had lost concentration.
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| Luiz Suarez celebrates as they thrashed Alaves 4-1 at home. |
A red-hot Cunha, hitting his return after missing many weeks with such an injury, found Suarez with a beautiful through ball as they extended their advantage inside the 82nd minute. Atletico Madrid's emphatic victory was completed by the Uruguayan striker.
"The team keeps improving and growing," Simeone said. "Today was up and down, we started well, then we disconnected a bit. In the second half we didn't start well, we conceded the goal but had time to react. The team reacted well, with the changes, Suarez and Cunha came on and did well, Joao did well on the left. It's a game that's good for us to continue on the path we're on." There were still five points between Alaves and the safety net.
On Tuesday, Atletico Madrid will travel to Manchester City for the opening leg of their Champions League quarter-final matchup.
"Now we'll rest, we need to rest from this effort. A lot of players have been with their countries, others back from injury and from tomorrow we'll think about the opponent we have," Simeone added."
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