Atletico Madrid comes from behind to down Villarreal

Madrid: Atletico Madrid regained its footing within Spain’s La Liga Santander at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, downing Villarreal 3-1 after coming from behind and once again enjoying the spark provided by the 20-year-old Jose Felix, now off the injured list after a month hors de combat. In their five outings without Jose Felix, Atletico has suffered two defeats (Eibar and Real Madrid) and battled to two draws (Leganes and Valencia), but with the win they are once again in the No. 3 spot on the La Liga table, tied with Sevilla at 43 points after the southern Spain team defeated Getafe 3-0 on the road.

Now, Atletico Madrid will go on the road to face off against Espanyol, currently at the bottom of the table, next weekend in La Liga play, and Villarreal will head to Athletic Bilbao’s home turf.

"It was very important for us to get the three points because we knew that our rivals had got good results," said goalscorer Correa, referring to Sevilla beating Getafe earlier in the day.

"We want to be fighting near the top of the table so we are very happy with this result."

Atletico have struggled for large parts of this season but went into the game lifted by the victory over Liverpool, in which the team had embraced their old, abrasive style of play. Agencies

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