Ebene News – UA – Suárez scores to give Atlético 1-0 win over Getafe

BARCELONA, Spain: Luis Surez headed for the winner to give Atltico Madrid a 1-0 win over Getafe on Wednesday and protect their Spanish league lead

The Uruguayan striker used a powerful and precise header to send Yannick Carrascos lob with a free kick into the bottom corner of Getafes’ net in the 20th minute

It was Surez’s eighth league goal this season, putting him on par with three other players as the competition’s top scorer

Alticos’ third consecutive win left them three points above Real Madrid, who would travel to Elche later Altico hold the current tie-breaker against Madrid thanks to their better overall goal difference Diego Simeones’ side also have two more games to play than Madrid

At Altico were without England defender Kieran Trippier, who missed his first game due to his 10-week suspension for breaking the betting rules

Sime Vrsaljko took over from Trippiers as a right-back after returning from a long hiatus due to injury following knee surgery

It was Simeone’s 500th game at the helm of Atltico since he took over the team nine years ago and turned them into one of the best teams in Europe

Jorge Molina scored two minutes from time to give Granada a 2-1 victory over Valencia in a game that included the expulsion of three players

Valencia lost Jason Remeseiro to his second yellow card in the 70th and Gonalo Guedes to a direct red three minutes later Granadas Domingos Duarte also got a straight red in the 76th

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