Atletico Madrid dropped points in their search for the LaLiga Santander title, as they drew 0-0 with ten men Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.
David Soria played an important role in getting a point for Getafe, making several savings overnight. The first saw him deny it Yannick Carrasco with legs in the first half.
Jan Oblak he spent a couple of moments himself at the Coliseum. Nemanja Maksimovic almost gave the hosts an advantage in the first half after the Atlético goalkeeper had lost Carles Alenashot.
After carrying Joao Felix in the middle, Diego Simeone he waited until the middle of the second period to make his second, third and fourth substitutions.
One of these, Renan Lodi, was at the end of a strong challenge Allan Nyom, which saw the red after the subsequent revision of the VAR.
With a man advantage, Atlético propelled the winning goal. Substitute Moussa Dembele he almost provided it, but Soria kept his volley expertly.
It was like that Luis Suarez who was closer to winning the goalkeeper of Getafe, who could not come close to the launch of the Uruguayan who came out of the post. Marc Llorente drove after the ball fell loose in the penalty area.
With a few seconds to go before the end of normal time, Lodi found Dembele with a direct cross, only for the January signing to somehow fail the target with his head.
In the end, the winner shunned Los Rojiblancos as he failed to restore his eight-point lead. Real Madrid at the top of LaLiga Santander.
Zinedine ZidaneThe teams are now six points behind the leaders after beating Elche. Barcelona will host Huesca on Monday night knowing they can trim the gap to four points with a win.
Regarding Getafe, remove five points from the descent zone. They have Soria and his defense to thank much of that.