{"id":49686,"date":"2014-09-21T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=49686"},"modified":"2014-09-21T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T13:25:12","slug":"atletico-held-at-home-by-celta-vigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/atletico-held-at-home-by-celta-vigo\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico held at home by Celta Vigo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Atletico Madrid blew the chance to go top of La Liga after they drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo at the Vicente Calderon.<\/p>\n
Celta midfielder Pablo Hernandez audaciously put the visitors ahead with a spectacular backheeled volley.<\/p>\n
Atletico defender Miranda equalised from close range and the hosts took the lead when centre-back Diego Godin headed home from a Gabi corner.<\/p>\n
But Celta forward Nolito converted from the penalty spot after a clumsy foul by Miranda to secure a point for Celta.<\/p>\n
Defending champions Atletico had\u00a0beaten rivals Real Madrid 2-1\u00a0in La Liga last time out but\u00a0lost 3-2 away to Olympiakos\u00a0in the Champions League during the week.<\/p>\n
The hosts started slowly and were punished in the 19th minute with a superb goal which owed much to a brilliant improvisation from Celta’s Hernandez. who backheeled into the net after he got on the end of a high ball from Carles Planas.<\/p>\n
Atletico equalised just after the half-hour mark in more conventional fashion when Koke’s free-kick into the penalty area picked out the run of Miranda and the Brazilian defender guided the ball home from close range.<\/p>\n
The home side, with coach Diego Simeone watching from the stands while he\u00a0serves an eight-match touchline ban,\u00a0took the lead from another set-piece four minutes before the break when Gabi’s corner was met by the towering head of Uruguay centre-back Godin.<\/p>\n
However, Celta were presented with an opportunity to level from the penalty spot just after the break when Planas cleverly turned Miranda, who clumsily barged him over.<\/p>\n
Half-time substitute Nolito duly sent Atletico goalkeeper Moya the wrong way as he dispatched the spot-kick low into the bottom-left corner of the net.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Atletico Madrid blew the chance to go top of La Liga after they drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo at the Vicente Calderon. Celta midfielder Pablo Hernandez audaciously put the visitors ahead with a spectacular backheeled volley. Atletico defender Miranda equalised from close range and the hosts took the lead when centre-back Diego Godin headed home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":49691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n