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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20745520" data-attributes="member: 158020">Valencia 0-2 Atletico Madrid: Griezmann bounces back from penalty miss to fire Los Rojiblancos to win <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/goal_es/c8/ac/antoine-griezmann-valencia-atletico-madrid-02102016_1f033q8q7sejc1hqsj48v0ag9l.jpg?t=-2060267002&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Antoine Griezmann netted to help Atletico Madrid battle to a 2-0 La Liga victory at Valencia, despite earlier seeing his penalty saved.Eager to impress new coach Cesare Prandelli, who was sitting in the stands at Mestalla, Valencia nevertheless risked defeat when Nani brought down Angel Correa in the area. Griezmann stepped up to take the spot-kick only to miss his second of the week and the third in a row for Atleti, with penalty-saving specialist Diego Alves saving his shot. The Frenchman would eventually beat Alves in the second half after he turned home a rebound, but there was still time for the Brazilian to remarkably save another penalty from Gabi. His heroics – which saw him take his tally of penalty saves to a record 18 – were in vain, however, as Kevin Gameiro netted in stoppage time to send Los Rojiblancos away with all three points.Griezmann was unsurprisingly Atleti's most lively attacking outlet early on and the forward stung the palms of Alves with a fierce 25-yard drive. Valencia, who had offered little going forward, then enjoyed a spell of pressure and former Atleti midfielder Suarez bent a left-foot shot wide from the edge of the box.Atleti were handed a golden opportunity to take the lead in the 43rd minute when Nani bundled into the back of Correa in the penalty area, but Alves made a brilliant save high to his right from Griezmann's spot-kick with the Frenchman now having missed his past three Atleti penalties. Valencia introduced Santi Mina at the break and the pacy winger almost made a swift impact when he bore down on Jan Oblak's goal, only to be denied by Lucas Hernandez's superb last-gasp challenge. But Atleti took the lead in the 63rd minute when their two substitutes combined well, with Torres racing onto Yannick Carrasco's through-ball.Although his shot across goal was saved by Alves, Gameiro recycled the ball to Griezmann, who thumped high into the Valencia net. More drama was to follow when Gameiro raced through one-on-one only to be foiled by Alves, but from the follow-up Suarez was penalised for a crude trip on Griezmann.Alves once again came to Valencia's rescue, this time diving low to his left to palm away Gabi's poor effort. The veteran then hit the post with a low drive from distance, before Valencia should have restored parity when the unmarked Eliaquim Mangala headed Zakaria Bakkali's pin-point cross straight at Oblak. And Atleti made sure of the points in additional time when Gameiro raced into the area before cutting inside Aderlan Santos and drilling low past Alves.</blockquote>

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