Simeone’s Atlético has lost strength and consistency, it is by no means the incorruptible team of other times, and that is why it had a hard time this Sunday in Balaídos: it ended up prevailing in minute 88, with one less man and with an unexpected goal from Memphis Depay (0-1).

Neither Morata nor Griezmann, both in the starting eleven, nor later Yanick Carrasco, Correa and Memphis Depay, incorporated in the second half, seemed capable of rescuing the rojiblancos, who have taken a notable step in their fight to stand in the next Champions League .

In reality, his best man has been Oblak, and that is a bad sign, since he is his goalkeeper. Oblak desperately ran backwards and saved in extremis a shot from Iago Aspas that went inside. Oblak has also avoided an own goal from Reinildo and has stopped a tremendous kick from Carles Pérez, a headache for Mario Hermoso.

His performance has kept Atlético on its feet, which was losing steam as the game progressed and played a quarter of an hour with a man less, after the expulsion of Savic in minute 75.

Celta, definitely embedded in the compromised area, have had more intention.

Aspas sent a free kick to the crossbar and Carles Pérez continued to insist on the right lane. What happens is that, with one more man, the heavenly have misread the outcome. They have left a door open in the rear, and through there, almost at the discount, Memphis Depay has slipped in.

The Dutchman is good at Celta, who has scored whenever he has played against the Galician team: twice when he played for Barça; the other, this Sunday, as a mattress.

Celtic: Iván Villar, Mingueza, Aidoo, Tapia, Javi Galán, Carles Pérez, Beltrán (Paciencia, min. 90), Gabri Veiga (Óscar Rodríguez, min. 85), Luca de la Torre (Cervi, min. 85), Larsen (Seferovic, min. 62) and Aspas.

Atlético de Madrid: Oblak, Molina, Savic, Hermoso, Reinildo, Llorente (Witsel, min. 65), De Paul, Koke (Saúl, min. 85), Barrios (Carrasco, min. 46), Morata (Depay, min. 61) and Griezmann (Correa, min. 65).

Goal: 0-1, m.88: Depay.

Referee: Figueroa Vázquez (Andalusian committee). He sent off Savic with a direct red card (min. 70). He admonished Aidoo (min.4) and Gabri Veiga (min.8) for Celta and Reinildo (min. 41), Simeone (min. 71) and Nahuel Molina (min. 86), for Atlético de Madrid.

Incidents: Match corresponding to the twenty-first day of LaLiga played at the Abanca Balaídos stadium before 15,842 spectators. Before the match, a minute’s silence was observed in memory of former rojiblanco soccer player Marcos Alonso and the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.