The Spanish club Atletico Madrid achieved a difficult victory at the expense of its rival, Bayer Leverkusen, 2/1, in the match they gathered in the framework of the seventh round of the Champions League.

Bayer Leverkusen opened the scoring by Piero Henkabi in the first minute of stoppage time from the events of the first half.

But the response came by Atletico Madrid by scoring the equalizer in the 53rd minute through Julian Alvarez, and returned again in the 90th minute to break the hopes of Bayer Leverkusen players by scoring the second goal.

Atletico Madrid player Pablo Parrios had been in the 25th minute, while in the 76th minute Pierre Henkabi, Bayer Leverkusen, was also exposed to the red card.

With this precious victory, Atletico Madrid is in third place in the UEFA Champions League table with 15 points, while Bayer Leverkusen is in sixth place with 13 points.