Wasteful Atletico held to goalless home draw by Espanyol

MADRID : Atletico Madrid were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Espanyol in LaLiga at the Metropolitano on Wednesday after the home side failed to convert their chances in a largely one-sided contest.

Espanyol are the only team yet to score in LaLiga and they showed no signs of breaking the duck when they were under siege from an Atletico side that dominated proceedings as soon as the referee blew the whistle for kickoff.

Atletico's Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth came close to opening the scoring in the first half while Rodrigo Riquelme had two goals chalked off for offside, the first after a lengthy VAR check and the second in added time.

Espanyol's rearguard held firm while goalkeeper Joan Garcia made seven saves to deny Diego Simeone's side all three points. The result leaves Espanyol in 18th with their first point while Atletico are fourth with five points.