La Liga: Atletico Madrid Overtake Barcelona With Comfortable Alaves Win
Atletico Madrid eased to a 2-1 win over Alaves on Sunday to rise above champions Barcelona to third in La Liga. After league leaders Real Madrid beat the Catalans 2-1 in Saturday's Clasico, Diego Simeone's Atletico took full advantage to move a point ahead of Xavi Hernandez's side. Atletico trail Los Blancos and second-place Girona by three points, having played a game less. Alvaro Morata scored and set up Rodrigo Riquelme's opener as Atletico cruised to victory over Alaves, 17th, at the Metropolitano stadium.


