Talking points: Atlético roll over Las Palmas in LALIGA - football

Talking points: Atlético roll over Las Palmas in LALIGA



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A big win before travelling to Milan. Atlético Madrid secured a thumping 5-0 win over Las Palmas on Saturday as they looked ahead to a tricky Champions League tie against Internazionale on Tuesday night.
The win came from a pair of braces from a makeshift front two of Marcos Llorente and Ángel Correa, with the Argentine setting up the Spaniard for one of his goals and Llorente allowing Correa to take a penalty to open his account for the day later on. Substitute Memphis Depay later came on to complete the set and make it five goals for the home team, scoring for fun against a Las Palmas team who had only conceded 20 goals in 24 games before this encounter.
Here are four of the key talking points from the game. 1. Should either of the front two be regular starters"
One of the surprises for this game was who lined up in attack, with Diego Simeone clearly determined to rotate and rest Antoine Griezmann and Memphis Depay with Álvaro Morata already ruled out through injury and racing back to be fit. He went with Ángel Correa and, alongside him, Marcos Llorente.
It worked a treat, with their energy and pressing unsettling the Las Palmas defence, who were forced into errors and mistakes and opened up and provided space for Atleti to attack. It was a completely different look to the Atleti offense that visited the Canary Islands earlier in the season and the opposition were not prepared.

2. #Llorente & #Cor...
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