Javi Munoz scored a stoppage-time winner to earn relegation-threatened Las Palmas a shock 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid, whose slim LaLiga title hopes are actually absolutely over.
Diego Simeone’s facet stay third within the standings with 63 factors, three behind second-placed Actual Madrid, who host Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
However they’re some 10 factors adrift of leaders Barcelona, who launched a stirring fightback to beat Celta Vigo 4-3 from 3-1 down on Saturday.
The shock victory allowed Las Palmas to climb to seventeenth place and, a minimum of quickly, escape the drop zone with 32 factors, two forward of Alaves, who play at Sevilla on Sunday.
The match heading for a dour goalless draw, however three minutes into second-half stoppage time, Atletico did not take care of a protracted free-kick from Las Palmas goalkeeper Dinko Horkas.
With the ball bouncing awkwardly into the Atleti penalty space, Munoz volleyed into the bottom and below goalkeeper Jan Oblak, sparking wild celebrations from the house gamers.
The winner was initially dominated out for offside, however that call was overturned after a VAR evaluate, a lot to the aid of the house followers on the Estadio Gran Canaria.
1 – Atlético de Madrid have misplaced with a objective from Las Palmas in 92:36, the third newest for a rojiblanco’s defeat within the twenty first century in @LaLigaEn at 0-0 after September 2005 (94:39, Capdevila with D. de La Coruña) and March 2012 (94:44, Apoño with Zaragoza). Sinker. pic.twitter.com/rkLKHlXyyw
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 19, 2025
Knowledge debrief: Atleti fall flat
Atleti entered Saturday’s recreation having scored a minimum of one objective in 11 straight matches in LaLiga, although they solely received 5 of these (4 attracts, two defeats).
That was their longest scoring streak within the competitors since April 2023 (13 video games – 10 wins, three attracts), however it got here to a depressing halt right here.
Between them, Las Palmas and Atleti solely managed to create possibilities value 1.46 anticipated targets (xG) – 0.66 for Las Palmas, 0.8 for Atleti, with simply two pictures on course apiece.
Atleti had been punished for his or her failure to create by a objective timed at 92 minutes and 36 seconds, the third newest they’ve conceded for a 1-0 defeat in LaLiga within the twenty first century.
The second-latest was timed 94:39 in September 2005, by Joan Capdevila for Deportivo de La Coruna, and the most recent was timed at 94:44 in March 2012, by Apono with Actual Zaragoza.
