Diego Simeone’s men dominate to leap into the La Liga top four

Atletico Madrid kept pace with the leading pack in La Liga by easing to a 3-0 victory over Osasuna.

Diego Simeone’s side were in the ascendancy for the majority of the tie, in which two quick-fire first half goals put the result beyond all doubt.

Two goals in quick succession saw Atletico Madrid on the way to victory

Diego Godin tucked away a close range header on 35 minutes.

Kevin Gameiro doubled the lead with a right-footed drive a minute later.

The win propels Atletico up to fourth in La Liga, just behind Barcelona.

French forward Kevin Gameiro opened the scoring for Atleti with a low, right-footed drive, before stalwart Diego Godin converted Koke’s corner less than two minutes later.

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Yesterday Villarreal-Alaves .............................. 0-2 Osasuna-Atl. Madrid ....................... 0-3 Celta Vigo-Granada CF .................... 3-1 Real Sociedad-Barcelona ................. 1-1 Today Las Palmas-Ath Bilbao ..........................

Standings

Real Madrid 13 Barcelona 13 Sevilla 13 Atl. Madrid 13 Real Sociedad 13 Villarreal 13 Eibar 13 Ath Bilbao 12 Celta Vigo 13 Malaga 13 Espanyol 13 Las Palmas 12 Alaves 13 Betis 13 Leganes 13 Valencia 13 Dep. La Coruna13 Gijon 13 Osasuna 13 Granada CF 13 10 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 0 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 4 6 4 4 2 1 2 4 3 4 5 0 36 11 33 2 33 14 27 2 24 18 27 3 28 11 24 4 22 14 23 3 19 10 22 4 20 16 21 4 16 13 20 5 21 23 20 4 21 19 19 3 17 17 18 4 21 20 16 5 13 16 16 7 14 25 14 8 11 25 13 8 17 24 11 7 13 23 10 8 12 27 9 8 12 26 7 8 11 29 5

Carrasco capped off his side’s dominance with a neat finish deep into stoppage time.