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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24051994" data-attributes="member: 158020">Atletico Madrid 1 Espanyol 0:  Griezmann's 200th career goal moves hosts back up to second   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/23/01/7748580-6524021-image-a-60_1545527842759.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Antoine Griezmann's penalty was enough as Atletico Madrid moved up to second  in LaLiga after claiming an unremarkable 1-0 win over Espanyol, as the Frenchman  reached 200 career goals for club and country.   Espanyol produced a fine performance given their wretched form, but Atletico  just about managed to earn the victory which moves them back above Sevilla at  least until Sunday thanks to Griezmann.The visitors looked considerably more  threatening in the first half, with Jan Oblak having to be at his best to deny  Borja Iglesias and one-time Atletico striker Leo Baptistao.  But Espanyol's attacking threat fizzled out somewhat after the break and  Atletico made the most of that, with Griezmann's penalty proving decisive and  inflicting a sixth successive league defeat on Espanyol, their worst run since  2003.   Espanyol looked the more creative of the two sides early on and went close  twice in the first 15 minutes, as Esteban Granero sent a chip just wide of the  top-left corner, before Oblak had to be alert to tip a similar effort from  Iglesias over.    Oblak made another vital stop in the 28th minute when parrying Baptistao's  fierce 20-yard volley, though he had to rely on his left-hand post to stop the  Brazilian's follow-up effort.Atletico finally tested Diego Lopez just before the  break – the former Real Madrid goalkeeper pushing a Griezmann volley wide.   The hosts looked more solid defensively after the interval and then found  themselves ahead in the 56th minute, as Griezmann emphatically slammed a penalty  into the roof of the net as a consequence of Koke being felled by a wild Granero  kick.   Atletico should have rounded things off when Gelson Martins was tackled in  the penalty area on the counter, though it had no impact on the score as the  hosts held on at the other end.</blockquote>

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