Atlético Madrid score three times in the final ten minutes to sink Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad and Atlético Madrid were goalless deep into the second half at Anoeta on Sunday, before Diego Simeone's side broke the game open with three goals in the closing ten minutes to win 3-0. Álex Grimaldo converted a penalty in the 84th minute, Jonathan David doubled the lead in the 90th, and Giuliano Simeone completed the rout in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

Goal timeline

Atlético went into the match without both of their first-choice strikers: Julián Álvarez was ruled out, and Alexander Sorloth was also unavailable with muscle discomfort, leaving Diego Simeone to lean on Jonathan David up front. It was David who eventually broke Real Sociedad's resistance in the closing stages, adding the second goal before Giuliano Simeone, the manager's son, wrapped up the scoring in stoppage time.

Atlético snap a two-game losing run

The win ends back-to-back defeats for Atlético across competitions — 0-3 away at Athletic Club in LaLiga and 1-2 at home to Liverpool in the Champions League. They went into this round 9th on 7 points from four matches (two wins, a draw and a loss); three more points take them to 10 from five, back into the top half of the table. Real Sociedad, who had won their previous match 2-1 at home to Espanyol, stay 14th on three points from four games, still searching for their first back-to-back result of the season.