Atletico Madrid have moved to the highest of the La Liga standings after on Saturday.
Actual Madrid suffered a blow to their title hopes as they misplaced 2-1 at Actual Betis following targets from Johnny Cardoso and Isco.
Diego Simeone’s aspect had an opportunity to climb to the highest and so they capitalised on the Metropolitano Stadium because of Julian Alvarez’s 66th minute winner.
Atletico entered the house contest after enjoying out an exhilarating 4-4 draw with Barcelona within the first-leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final.
The Rijiblancos created good scoring alternatives within the first-half however lack of high quality within the last third meant they couldn’t break the impasse. Alexander Sorloth endured a very poor outing as he was responsible of lacking three probabilities.
Nico and Inaki Williams additionally got here shut for the Basque outfit, however the duo did not convert.
Simeone changed Sorloth with Alvarez on the hour mark and the Argentine made an instantaneous influence for the group.
The 25-year-old ran on to a superb cross from Marcos Llorente earlier than beating the goalkeeper with a superb end within the 66th minute.
Bilbao threatened to degree the scores however Atletico held on to seal most factors, with the outcome placing them prime of the .
Nonetheless, they may drop all the way down to second, with Barcelona set to play Actual Sociedad on Sunday.
Atletico will now flip their focus to the the place they meet metropolis rivals Actual Madrid within the first-leg of the last-16 tie on Tuesday.