It was telling that Alexander Sorloth was on the bench, and even more so that Antoine Griezmann joined him. Diego Simeone, renowned for taking a number of weeks, if not months, to acclimatise his new

Atletico Madrid started with a 2-1 defeat at Espanyol in LaLiga on Sunday as the hosts overturned Julian Alvarez’s opener with late goals from substitutes Miguel Rubio and Pere Milla.

Diego Simeone admitted Atlético Madrid were "hurt" by a 2-1 defeat at Espanyol in their opening LaLiga game of the season, after the team failed to capitalize on Julián Álvarez's sensational first-half free kick.

Atlético de Madrid and Elche clash this Saturday at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano for matchweek two of the La Liga. The match will be broadcast live at 18:30 on Premier Sports.Atlético de Madrid

Atletico Madrid lost their opening match of a LaLiga season for the first time since 2009 after conceding two late goals to Espanyol.

Atlético de Madrid fell defeated by 2-1 against Espanyol in the league debut, achieving a disastrous result at the beginning of the season

U.S. men's national team midfielder Johnny Cardoso made his debut for Atlético Madrid, but the team conceded two late goals to lose its LaLiga season opener to Espanyol. Despite debuting most of its new signings, Atleti lost its Spanish league opening match for the first-ever time under coach Diego Simeone.

Pere Milla's superb header completed a late turnaround for Espanyol as it came from a goal behind to stun Atletico Madrid 2-1 in its LaLiga opener.

Espanyol staged a late comeback to grab a shock 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday as Diego Simeone's men made a disappointing start to their La Liga campaign. Pere Milla scored a late winner as Atletico stumbled to defeat in Barcelona despite leading through Julian Alvarez's brilliant goal.

Atletico Madrid have set their sights on two Manchester United players to address their crisis in attack.Atletico kick started their La Liga campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Espanyol, leading to