With their French striker decisive from the penalty spot, the Colchoneros found the resources to defeat Alavés (2-1) and temporarily seize 2nd place.
Trailing 1-0 from the seventh minute on its Metropolitano pitch, Antoine Griezmann's Atlético Madrid overthrew Alavés (2-1) at the end of the match on Saturday during the fourteenth day of La Liga and temporarily doubled its rival Real Madrid in the ranking.
The Colchoneros, now second with 29 points, are four points behind FC Barcelona (1st, 33 points), who face Celta Vigo this evening (9 p.m.), and take two points ahead of Real (3rd, 27 points with two matches late) before his short trip to his neighbor Leganés on Sunday (6:30 p.m.).
Trapped at the start of the game on a penalty from Guridi (7th, 1-0), Diego Simeone's men, for whom it was the 700th match on the Rojiblanco bench, turned the match around in the space of ten minutes thanks to another penalty from Antoine Griezmann (75th, 1-1) obtained by the Norwegian Alexander Sorloth, then author of the winning goal with his right foot (86th, 2-1).
