Atleti vs Bayer Leverkusen _ Key Moments _ UEFA Champions League _ 22nd January 2025

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Atleti vs Bayer Leverkusen

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00:00big big game it is match day seven of course and there is so little to separate home side

00:11atletico madrid and their visitors today from germany byer leverkusen well great scenes

00:19wonderful arena superb playing surface it's all there so much quality in the 2-11s

00:26should be a really good night in madrid

00:31so david master blows his whistle and it is the visitors from germany byer leverkusen

00:39who get the game underway in their change strip against atletico in the very familiar red and

00:46white striped jerseys and the blue shorts

00:50crosses cushioned away to the edge of the penalty area where the first shot of the game comes

01:00flashing in and uh palacios who is just off target

01:06trying to checker with another lovely ball and look there's three teller in the middle

01:18and byer leverkusen half the lead

01:20well he's collided with the advertising hoardings behind the goal and the offside flag

01:28has ruled this out i hope it's not badly hurt once the primal does offset he shouldn't be he's got to

01:34take that for you can see right along the line no reason why he should be over anxious to get in

01:40there and hold in quite a good and i've had to go madrid frimpong have you go i'm trying to stick

01:47with him frimpong's been winning that battle so far florian vert sees his shot well saved

01:52and atletico just about got this away you're entering a bit of trouble

01:57well that's the biggest chance of the game so far good save by yan oblak

02:03well atletico's only attempt so far was the long distance shot from

02:12alvarez off target every other opportunity in this game

02:16has been a leverkusen opportunity that'll be a leverkusen free kick

02:22javi galan with a challenge here wasn't a good one

02:25it's a poor challenge it is a yellow card

02:27for the spanish left back javi galan

02:33oh hold on they're going to go and have a look

02:38yeah there's a potential red card here for

02:42presumably pablo barrios for this challenge they're having another look at it right into the

02:48calf studs up

02:52mukiele caught on the left calf by pablo barrios

02:56that's a red yeah and he is in trouble here because he is going to be sent off

03:01that's understandable you'll probably get away with that look coming in from behind like that

03:05a deliberate stamp an ugly piece of football has been punished

03:09so how much added time minimum of two

03:17mukiele for frimpong

03:22frimpong to the byline that's a great block by

03:28jimenez really was

03:30to the back post and into the net

03:35hincapier puts by a leverkusen in front

03:40in stoppage time at the end of the half

03:42that's a great finish

03:45once again frimpong tease in galan that lovely turn of

03:50acceleration decent hit from fly in reverse block before it gets to oblak

03:54what about this for a cross is what towards it for far post

03:56superbly hung up

03:58yeah that's a terrific ball isn't it from naughty mukiele

04:03can't be more than a few seconds though you would think

04:11well why did it take so long why did it take so long to decide that was a free kick

04:19yeah molina is down

04:21he's looking at the situation is this on the far side

04:24and capier has been shown the yellow card for the foul on molina here it is

04:29that's yours to frimpong frimpong it's blocked good luck from any other

04:43and they're just trying to test you on a tent are here and they have and it's alvarez who scores

04:53julian alvarez for atletico madrid

04:59he never gives up on anything alvarez and his reward is an equalizing goal

05:08against the odds against the numerical disadvantage

05:13atletico madrid's first attempt on target in the game is a goal

05:191-1 down the middle this is rodrigo de paul

05:23simione

05:30and a free kick just outside the penalty area

05:33in capier

05:36oh second it's a second yellow card and he's off

05:40piero in capier is sent off

05:47he's saying it's shoulder to shoulder

05:50the referee

05:51immediately awarded the free kick david massa

05:55well first of all we'll give credit to simione for a superb piece of skill

06:00let me just send him off balance sends a ball around him

06:02that's harsh once again i think it's just about a foul

06:10so gallagher

06:12james garcia is going to come on for

06:16by a leverkusen replacing verts

06:20kranichaka heavy touch and it's come through to alvarez

06:34who scores brilliantly

06:36julian alvarez has surely won this game

06:45for atletico madrid

06:48you allow that ball to bounce you're in big trouble

06:51yeah jack comes up

06:52he's clearly on side isn't he

06:53yeah

06:54the composer to go around the goalkeeper

06:56and then almost in one movement without taking another step

06:59to send it around that's a real finisher for you

07:01he knows he can't take a step

07:03if he does the angle gets even tighter

07:05absolutely stolen at the end

07:07fantastic turnaround by atletico

07:10julian alvarez

07:12been absolutely superb tonight

07:15and the referee blows his whistle

07:22and julian alvarez is the match winner

07:27with a man sent off during the course of the game

07:30pablo barrios for atletico madrid

07:33piero in capier for

07:34by a leverkusen alvarez won it late on

07:38atletico madrid two

07:40by a leverkusen one

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