Atletico Madrid miss chance to take charge of top four race with goalless draw against Granada

Atletico Madrid’s top-four hopes take a blow as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Granada in La Liga at the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico started the first half brightly. Quini was booked in the third minute, which saw the home side target the right-back’s side of the pitch through Yannick Carrasco.

Early in the half, he received the ball from the middle of the pitch, and attempted a cutback move at the byline. However, no one was there to get on the end of the chance. Ad/> Carrasco continued to attempt the same move a few more times, but it never came off.

As the half continued, Granada grew into the match. Their best chance came in the 20th minute, with Darwin Machis taking a shot after a free-kick routine, but it was straight at Jan Oblak. LigaCarrasco scores last-minute pen to seal Atleti dramatic win over Espanyol17/04/2022 AT 13:32 Around the 30th minute, Antoine Griezmann went down after a challenge from Victor Diaz in the box.

The fans in the stadium whistled as the players protested, wanting a penalty. However, after a look from VAR, it was deemed a 50/50 challenge. Liga table Liga fixtures / results Liga top scorers After some half-time substitutions from Diego Siomeone, which included Luis Suarez, Atletico Madrid looked a bit sharper and more proactive in the second half.

They had two successive chances after about five minutes of play, with the first being a Grizmann shot outside of the box that just flashed wide at the far post. The second chance came after Angel Correa created some space for himself, and took a long range shot that was also just on the other side of the post. Atletico had 11 corners, 7 in the second half, and while they often won the initial header, they were unable to score with any of them,