BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ángel Correa scored twice and Jan Oblak made a pair of big saves to lead Atlético Madrid’s 2-1 home win over Girona in the Spanish league on Saturday.
Atlético, which rose into fourth place, next faces a rematch in the Champions League with Club Brugge, which stunned the Spanish side 2-0 this week.
Correa finished off a perfectly placed cross to the far post by Antoine Griezmann to give Atlético the fifth-minute lead.
Three minutes after halftime Correa pressured and intercepted a poor pass from goalkeeper Juan Carlos before firing the ball right back past him to make it a double.
Rodrigo Riquelme, who is playing for Girona on loan from Atlético, pulled one back in the 66th with a strike from outside the area that took a deflection off a defender to fool Oblak.
But Oblak twice dove and stretched out one arm to keep two long-range shots by Aleix García out of his net and ensure the three points.
Almería also struck three times in the first half to ease to a 3-1 win over Rayo Vallecano at home and end a four-game losing streak for the promoted club.
Later, Real Madrid visited Getafe after Sevilla hosted Athletic Bilbao.
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