(Reuters) – Joao Felix and substitute Luiz Suarez each scored twice as Atletico Madrid thrashed bottom-placed Alaves 4-1 to increase their LaLiga winning streak to 6 video games.
Diego Simeone’s workforce moved degree on 57 factors with second-placed Sevilla, who face fourth-placed Barcelona on Sunday. Real Madrid lead the standings with 69 factors from 30 video games.
Felix opened the scoring within the tenth minute with a close-range header from a Sime Vrsaljko cross.
However, Atletico misplaced focus and allowed Alaves to attain the equaliser with a Gonzalo Escalante header within the 63rd minute.
After Brazilian striker Matheus Cunha was fouled inside the world, Suarez scored from the spot to place Atletico again in entrance.
With Felix extending their lead within the 82nd minute, an on-fire Cunha, who was making his comeback after being out for a number of weeks with an harm, produced a superb by means of move to Suarez. The Uruguayan completed the match in model to finish an emphatic win for Atletico.
Alaves remained on 22 factors, 5 factors from the security zone.
(Reporting by Fernando Kallas, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
