Atletico Win Madrid Derby Against Real

Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid in a feisty derby to move above their rivals into second place in La Liga.

The turning point of the game came when Dean Huijsen pulled down Giuliano Simeone just inside the box.

Huijsen was sent off after a video assistant referee (VAR) review – and Alejandro Grimaldo scored the resulting penalty.

Jonathan David slid in to score his third goal in three La Liga games from Simeone’s cross to make the points safe for Atletico.

The hosts brought on Julian Alvarez, who tried to engineer a summer move to Barcelona, soon after that to some boos.

Antonio Rudiger headed in Bernardo Silva’s free-kick to give Real late hope but they could not find an equaliser.

BBC reports that Real now sit six points behind leaders Barcelona, who have won every game, and one behind Atleti.

The result means Diego Simeone beat Jose Mourinho for the first time in a Madrid derby

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