Atletico Madrid defeated Real Valladolid 5-0 in LaLiga and provisionally moved to second place in the table.
Clement Lenglet scored his first goal for the club, and his first in LaLiga since 2020, when he curled in Marcos Llorente's cross from close range in the 26th minute.
Julian Alvarez doubled the lead in the 35th, pouncing on a rebound from goalkeeper Karl Hein, who had blocked Antoine Griezmann's shot but could not deny the Argentine striker from the second attempt.
Rodrigo De Paul made it 3-0 two minutes later with a first-time low shot and it could have been worse for Valladolid as Guiliano Simeone and Jose Maria Gimenez both had their attempts disallowed for offside in the first half.
Griezmann added another seven minutes in the second half after a brilliant move got Hein on the line, prompting even the opposition fans to applaud.
Ivan Sánchez rattled the crossbar for the hosts but it was Atletico who would find another goal when Alexander Sorloth wrapped things up in stoppage time by powering home Angel Correa's cross.
Atletico is on 32 points, two ahead of Real Madrid, which has two games left to play. Barcelona, which lost 2-1 to Las Palmas earlier on Saturday, remains the leader with 34 points. Valladolid slumped to their tenth defeat in fifteen games, leaving them bottom of the table with nine points.
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It's a huge win that caps off an impressive week for Atletico, who scored Sparta Prague six times in their midweek Champions League match.
Diego Simeone's men have scored four or more goals in back-to-back games in all competitions for the first time since May 2023, while it is the first time they have done so in consecutive away games since February 2018.
Atletico had six shots on target in the first half alone, scoring from half of them, and had nine in total as they created 3.77 expected goals (xG) against their struggling opponents.
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