Madrid Derby talking points: Atlético shake off VAR controversy to draw at the Bernabéu
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Marcos Llorente was the saviour at the death. Atlético Madrid emerged with a late equaliser, right at the death, to secure a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, ensuring Los Blancos? failure to secure a win over the Colchoneros in 90 minutes this season.
The game?s first crucial moment came when Atlético failed to clear the ball from their own box on not one, not two, but three occasions, and Brahim Díaz didn?t need asking twice to smash the ball past Jan Oblak and into the back of the net. Real Madrid?s similar dithering in defence allowed Marcos Llorente to score the leveller against his former club, in the third minute of four in second-half stoppage time.
Here are four of the key talking points from the game. 1. Did Atleti get robbed"
The travelling Atlético fans up in the top corner of the Bernabéu thought they had something to shout about when Stefan Savi? nodded the ball past Andriy Lunin between the sticks of the Madrid goal to give Atleti a 48th-minute equaliser. Only moments later, the refereeing team decided to disallow the goal and instead pull play back for an offside in the build-up.
The decision was made that Saúl Ñíguez, one of those to fail to clear in Real Madrid?s goal, was in an offside position and interfering with play as he battled with Lunin. The decision was a controversial one, and it is entirely open to interpretation as to whether or not it was the ...
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