Javi Munoz scored a winner of the stopping time to earn a shock 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid, whose slender Lalara title Hope is certainly over.
2024/2025 La Liga
1-0
- Munoz (90 '+3')
Match report
The side of Diego Simeone remains third in the rankings with 63 points, three behind the second Real Madrid placed, who organize Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
But it is about 10 points drift from leaders Barcelona, who launched an exciting fightback to beat Celta Vigo 4-3 of 3-1 down on Saturday.
Thanks to the surprise victory, Las Palmas could climb to 17th place and, at least temporarily, escape from the drop zone with 32 points, two for Alaves, who play in Seville on Sunday.
The match seemed to be on the way to a rhythm rhythm draw, but three minutes after the interruption time of the second half, Atletico did not succeed in treating a long free kick by Las Palmas goalkeeper Dinko Horkas.
With the ball that bounced awkwardly in the Athleti punishment area, Munoz had the ground in and under goalkeeper Jan Oblak, who wanted to party from the home players.
The winner was initially excluded from offside, but that decision was canceled after a var evaluation, to the relief of the home fans in the Estadio Gran Canaria.
1 – Atlético de Madrid has lost with a goal from Las Palmas in 92:36, the third last for a defeat of a Rojiblanco in the 21st century in @Lalalaen on 0-0 after September 2005 (94:39, Capdevila with D. de la Coruña) and March 2012 (94:44, Apoño with Zaragoza). Zinc shed. pic.twitter.com/rklkhlxyyw
– Optajose (@Optajose) April 19, 2025
Data Debrief: Atleti falls flat
Atleti entered the game on Saturday and scored at least one goal in 11 straight matches in LaLiga, although they only won five of these (four draw, two defeats).
That was their longest score streak in the competition since April 2023 (13 games – 10 victories, three draws), but it came to a miserable stop here.
Among them, Las Palmas and Atleti only succeeded in creating opportunities worth 1.46 expected goals (XG) – 0.66 for Las Palmas, 0.8 for Athleti, with only two shots on goal each.
Atleti was punished for their failures to create with a goal timed in 92 minutes and 36 seconds, the third last last to admit for a 1-0 defeat in LaLiga in the 21st century.
The second lightest was Timed 94:39 in September 2005, by Joan Capdevila for Deportivo de la Coruna, and the last one was timed at 94:44 in March 2012, by Apono with Real Zaragoza.
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93 'goal! Las Palmas 1-0 Atletico (Javi Muñoz)
Line-ups
Las Palmas XI: Munoz, Scott McKenna, McBurnie, Dinko Horkas, Viti Rozada, Alex Suárez, Fábio Silva, Mika Mármol, Alberto Moleiro, Dário Essugo, Stefan Bajcetic
Subs: Campana, Jaime Mata, S.Ramírez, Álex Muñoz, Januzaj, Marc Cardona, Manu Fuster, Loiodice, Marvin Park, Álvaro Killane, Juanma Herzog, Israel Mora
Atletico XI: Oblak, Koke, Sørloth, Gimenez, Llorente, Le Normand, Galan, Gallagher, Alvarez, Giuliano Simeone, Barrios
Subs: Witsel, Azpilicueta, Griezmann, Lemar, Lenglet, De Paul, Musso, Correa, Mandava, Molina, Lino, Riquelme